---
title: "These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness"
description: "Nonprofit New Story has unveiled the first 3D-printed houses in what will eventually be a community boasting 50 of the unique homes."
date: "2019-12-13"
modified: "2019-12-13"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/adorable-3d-printed-houses-solve-homelessness"
categories:
  - "3D Printing"
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "3d printing"
  - "homelessness"
  - "new story"
  - "the digest"
---

# These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness

![Nonprofit New Story has unveiled the first 3D-printed houses in what will eventually be a community boasting 50 of the unique homes.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/adorable-3d-printed-houses.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Joshua Perez/New Story\</em\>*

## Ground Breaking

In May, housing nonprofit New Story shared a [rendering](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-3d-printed-neighborhood-video>) of plans to 3D-print an entire neighborhood. That vision's now coming to life, with the Wednesday unveiling of the first houses in this project, in what'll ultimately become a wholly unique community of 50 homes in Mexico.

New Story created the 500-square-foot homes using the Vulcan II, a 3D-printer developed by project partner Icon, an Austin-based construction tech company. Each of the two-bedroom, one-bathroom houses took about 24 hours to print, which the companies spread out over several days.

https://youtu.be/PbgCu0aUobE

## Domestic Upgrade

The families that will move into the 3D-printed houses earn a median monthly income of less than $80, and many currently live in simple shacks that don't adequately protect from the elements. As New Story cofounder Alexandria Lafci told *Fast Company*, most of the families slated to move into the 3D-printed neighborhood have never had indoor plumbing before.

Now that these first homes are complete, other locations with inadequately housed or homeless populations might be encouraged to take a chance on 3D-printed houses.

“We feel like we’ve proved \[*sic*\] what’s possible by bringing this machine down to a rural area in Mexico, in a seismic zone, and successfully printing these first few houses," New Story CEO Brett Hagler told *Fast Company*. "Once people see it in person," he added, "it’s no longer a crazy idea."

**READ MORE:** [The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses](<https://www.fastcompany.com/90440406/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-neighborhood-now-has-its-first-houses>) \[*Fast Company*\]

**More on the houses:** *[Watch a 3D-Printed Neighborhood Spring up From Nothing](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-3d-printed-neighborhood-video>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)