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

Harvard Business Review

Yet a fundamental tenet of our project and the blog series about it is that slums present complex challenges that can't be fixed with a clever shack alone. Yet, Sunil Suri wrote in a post on the urban challenge that "slums by their nature are located where land and space are limited."

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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. It has been successfully used in over 20 projects throughout Northern California including two residential projects currently under development. The Use of Available Technology. Let's start with affordable housing.

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