Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing
Exterior of the "container house" near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, March, 17, 2010.

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing
Inside a container house.

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing
Outer gates of the container housing area near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010.[

 

Revamped containers become a new type of affordable housing, near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District.

It attracts hundreds of people by offering 6 yuan/night rental fee. For nearby residents, the low price is a good way for them to settle down in a metropolitan area like Shenzhen, where buying or renting a traditional house would be a big expense.

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing

Cheap rates are advertised on posters on the wall of a container: 6 yuan/day in Shenzhen Bao'an District on March, 17, 2010.

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing

Clothes and linens hang outside the container house near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District on March, 17, 2010.[

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing

A grocer eats in his own store inside a container near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010 

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing

 

Women finish their meals in the container house near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010.

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing

Revamped kitchen inside a container near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District.

Containers in Shenzhen become revamped cheap housing

A security guard reads the newspaper in his container house near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010.