The problem with council housing is they have very few left after the idiots sold them all off cheap in the 80's and 90's just so the people that bought them could sell them off for a big profit later.

This concept of housing is nothing new, its perhaps been going on since the days of WW2 or well before, when 'immediate' acceptable housing was required and provided in quick build or prefab form.

Many countries have need to provide accommodation for the increase of the worlds population, and 'jerry' building or adaptation is a positive major option.

Old containers have been used for ages, and believe it or not, that practice goes on here in the UK.

Places like India, Africa, Egypt, South America and similar environmental places around the globe have there barrios or shanty towns, usually built on what is available and on-hand. And some of these 'project' can look rather impressive, considering that the people who may have built these communities are living well below the poverty line or acceptable hygiene standards that we expect in a civilised nation.

Building workers in many of the very rich oil and commodity countries, use dormitory style accommodation blocks, with all the problems attached to providing for a large temporary workforce. So as stated earlier, its really nothing new!.