California legislators believe the turning-point might be here. With a little state help, they want to make 2026 the Year of the Housing Factory.

In recent years, there has been a significant shift towards self-sufficiency and sustainability in food production. With rising grocery prices, concerns about the quality of store-bought food, and the ...

DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to ...

The U.S. housing market is in crisis, due to a lack of affordable housing and a shortage of labor and materials to build them. Purdue University has a solution: NextHouse, an initiative to develop the ...

The U.S. housing crisis is a multifaceted mess. Exclusionary zoning, skyrocketing home prices, stagnant wages, and lackluster public investment in affordable housing are just the tip of the iceberg.

Snow loads, –30 °C nights, and humid summer heatwaves test any cabin. A prefab kit that thrives in those extremes starts with a super-tight shell: thick wall assemblies, continuous insulation, and ...