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Shanty towns or Hoovervilles consisting of tents, RVs, huts and so forth are now cropping up in many unusual places, the likes of which have not been seen since the Great Depression. One reason is the infamous credit crunch when people, especially prospective first-time buyers, cannot borrow the money to buy their homes. The other is the steadily worsening economy where people can no longer afford to even rent a living space.

This cluster offers a startling range of alternative accommodations ranging from RVs substituting as homes, car, motorbike and raft tents; tree house homes to unusual places like converted churches, lighthouses, and shipping containers.

You could even try growing your own home or build one from recycled materials or haystacks. Other innovations include really compact homes or a way of living rent-free besides residing in a shanty town.

All Terrain Cabin
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Modular Igloos
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Box-Car Living
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Shipping Container Houses (Follow Up)
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Top 8 Tree Houses
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95% Recycled Architecture
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Custom Adult Tree Houses
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28 Camping Innovations
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Container Houses
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Real Fairytale Houses in Trees
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Contained Living Anywhere
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Custom Caravans
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Capsule Caravans
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25 Prefab Homes
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Converted Church Homes
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World's Oddest Hotels
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15 Caravans and RVs of the Future
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Renovating Religion
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African Prefab Houses
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Self-Financed Architecture
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20 Wild Camping Innovations
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Modern Tokyo Compact Housing
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Mountain Cave Homes
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Hay Stack Houses
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Jenga Block Architecture
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Hammock Tents
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Shipping Container Architecture
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Rent-Free Living Around The World
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Super Tree Houses
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Camping Rafts
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Mobile Car Tents
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Beehive Architecture
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Extravagent Living
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Floating Houses
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Backpack Tent + Hammock
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Chopper RVs
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Tailgate Trailers
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Cube-Shaped Eco Architecture
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Houses Made of Plastic Bottles
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Free Historic Homes
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Treehouses on Log Stilts
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Growing Your Own Living Home
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Flying Saucer House
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Modern Water Chalets
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Swing, Tent, Teepee Wrapped in One
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Secret Urban Fort
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Living in a Billboard
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Houses Made Of Dirt
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Storage Units as Second Homes
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Recycled Swedish Barns
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$1.75 Foreclosure Homes
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Connected Camping
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Potato Tent Pegs
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Cabana Art Tours
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Reinventing British Beach Huts
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