South Korea’s middle-class dream of home ownership? It's not a house with a white picket fence — it's an apartment.

At a time when homeownership is out of reach for many lower-income individuals and families, manufactured homes could provide ...

What are these new ways of building homes? And can they help reduce the cost of new housing, leading to lower rents?

The homes tend to be on the smaller side, but can be multifamily or single family. "You can build faster. The faster you build — even at a high quality — means the lower the price," Schaefer said.

3D printed and factory-built homes could help tackle housing crisis Businesses and lawmakers are trying to address the crisis by turning to alternative ways to build homes.