3D printers helping building houses.

3D printers helping building houses.

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According to Michelle Boyd from the housing lab at the University of California, Berkeley´s Terner Center for housing innovation, “To the extent that 3D printing can offer a faster, cheaper way to build even single family housing units or small units, it can address a portion of the problem. But the sheer magnitude of the housing shortage demands many types of solutions, from loosening zoning restrictions to building more high-rise apartment buildings.¨

3D printing’s new challenge: Solving the US housing shortage.