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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Yet, Sunil Suri wrote in a post on the urban challenge that "slums by their nature are located where land and space are limited." Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. About 40% of the world lives on $2 or less a day."

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The $300 House: The Urban Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Today, Sunil Suri offers a way to scale Class-A housing in densely populated areas. Achieving Global, Low-Cost, Class-A Construction. Nominally Class-A construction that costs us $200 per square foot here in the US, we can "build" for $25 per square foot in India. Let's start with affordable housing.

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