Posts Tagged ‘housing’

GameChanger of the Month – January 2009

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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PFNC stands for ‘Por Fin Nuestra Casa,’ Spanish for ‘Finally, a Home of Our Own.”  Founded in 2007 by Brian McCarthy, Pablo Nava and Mackenzie Bishop, the for-profit company converts used shipping containers into low-cost housing for poor families in Juarez Cuidad and other Mexican border communities.  Each PFNC unit costs around $10,000 US. (more…)