@@ToneFury Never that straight forward. True, no framing involved, and utilities are easier to install but the low price point means millions will be built. This would create way more jobs than it would cut, because of that fact that it essentially expands the middle class. Suddenly you can build a development of 10 homes yourself for around 100k. Maybe not in the states with all the red-tape but you can get an idea of where it's going. It's a new class of home owner which means a whole new industry, and a ton of new development.
@@christophorus9235 wasn't speaking about JUST this industry..robots are taking over everything..I went to a McDonald's last week,at it was full of screens..people dont even take ya order anymore..its only gonna get worse as time goes on
@@ToneFury Fair enough, but those touchscreens mean few more higher quality jobs for a large removal of rather shitty jobs. More IT workers, manufacturing and more electrical installers/maintenance in exchange for a few Macdonald's till jobs.
The problem isn't even that there aren't enough homes in the US. There are a LOT of empty houses and apartments, more than enough to shelter everyone. The problem is the cost. Housing is getting more and more expensive and people can't keep up.
Yeah, the average job, were I live, pays $40K a year and to afford to buy a home one must earn over $50+ a year. Houses are going above asking $, and it's gotten worse over the last year.
I totally agree that cost has a lot to do with being homeless . Then add in health issues . The elderly are a group that few people acknowledge also . If they are on living on Medicare and have no retirement funds they teeter on the edge too . What a sad commentary on America !
Some jobs aren't even giving out merit raises anymore, let alone cost of living raises. And there seems to be no oversight to ensure that housing and apartment costs match the median salary for the area. It's absurd.
The 3D Printer only prints the walls... everything else remains to be done and included... It's not clear to me if the 4k includes the whole package...
@Jake Offenhymer there's more to build a house than walls or any elements that a 3D printer can build... what about plumbing - electrical circuit - Insulation... see what I mean? Those are basics that a printer can't print (but some pieces of stuffs in plumbing) neither install...
@Jake Offenhymer who said it is rocket science? To get the house (entirely done) all have to be done and everything can't be done for 4 000 $ I guess. It was the meaning of my post here. The printer only builds the walls, I even wonder about the roof (certainly not without human intervention on the frame) even for a flat roof... but my intervention is about what does the 4k price includes to compare with other building option prices
@Jake Offenhymer Also the 4k is certainly a starting price for minimum square meters... All this has to be taken into consideration to compare building options.
@Jake Offenhymer Do you understand what being off-topic means? Maybe you'll need to google it, I wonder at this stage. O.O But don't worry I understood that you needed to feel smarter than everyone, everything and whatever... Sorry, Jack spitting knowledge is not enough, it has to be on topic to be valuable regarding the topic or you digressing. Will you get over IT? Or will you need to get even more off-topic for nuts.
I would move in tomorrow. I am a single woman who has been trying to figure out how to build a small home that I can afford. I have the land but looking at building a small house in excess of $100k doesn't work with a fixed income so I am looking at anything that I can afford. This is amazing and it is the prefect size.
Yours is an important comment. It is actually everyday people who could really use this affordable technology. I am a Realtor and know the costs and commitment of purchasing a home the traditional way. Paying a mortgage for 15-30 years is really ridiculous. I love this concept and hope it can upend traditional building and financing schemes truly making housing pleasing and affordable to everyone.
Amen, Annette, same here. Unfortunately even as a Veteran with all those supposedly great services they offer us, I am atill struggling to find an affordable "habitable" home. Most in my price range are foreclosed places that have been seriously sabotaged by the previous owners where the repair costs are prohibitive and most of the worst damage is undetectable until you live in the place. Sad thing is, I actually wrote our state governor about this problem and only got some fancy lip service.
@Kyle Mettlach many homeless don't have 40 bucks a month. Not without starving. And who will pay utilities while they get on their feet. If disabled that takes awhile. The shelter is a great idea but there would need to be other things in place to make it viable.
You are very naive thinking people homeless because they cannot afford houses. Think again. In CA, govt gave them houses and still, they'd rather live wherever they see fit.
This is not a Homelessness idea. This could be used for the masses. The homeless issue will not end by giving them a house. It will only end with stopping the drugs and alcohol and giving them medical attention. OK
@@raybod1775 There are two problems with this. First, Homelessness is a byproduct of Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Sickness. You fix that before you give anyone a home. Second, this is way too expensive for the homeless. You have the cost of the structure, the land, site costs, hook ups and other things. There has to be a cheaper way.
Agreed. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for entrepreneurship and people being able to make money. However, it has reached a place in most of Florida that if a husband and wife are not both working a full time job, then they can't afford to have a small home built. Hence the cost of a family is nearly out of reach. I'm not saying to squash builders with regulations, just add some inexpensive competition. In fact, the system could be purchased by the owner himself to build his own house. I've always dreamed of building a hurricane resistant house and I believe this one is on that scale. Also, it would give these outrageous insurance companies a knock in the head and their wallet.
@@FEV369 It's the same as in both the husband and wife have to hold full time jobs to own a house and still struggle, whereas at one time a large family could have a house and be dependent on one income and not struggle so much. Houses are very expensive to buy in Ireland and rents are extortionate.
@@mikegan73 You seem to not understand a few things here. Basically you take a time period from lets say the 50''s and compare it today, here is where you made some mistakes. 1: More people and a bigger population has caused crowded places to cost more, supply and demand. 2: Average size of a house and what goes into it has changed a lot. Once a home didn't even have a foundation, insulation, electricity and running water... Once homes average size was 1200sqft. Now people want a 2000-3000sqft home, with all the high end things they see on TV. 3: If you bought a house with the "basics" and under 1500sqft while not be located in a big city or downtown in a smaller city you could do 100-150k fairly easily. maybe even 50-100k. I'm not arguing against 3d printing but I doubt it's even close to 4k to build. Most the time they tell you cost to do the *just* the 3d printing... and the sizes are small, like a couple hundred sqft small... They don't include electrical, plumbing, lights, the roof, foundation or the land costs... It's all to make you think, "wow" when reality is this tiny outhouse in the video is probably still 50k+. I'm a really small Government guy, not a Republican btw. One of the biggest costs in housing is Government regulation, permits and where they let people build and how many units. It won't matter if it's 3d printed because you still have to do all the stuff I talked about... the permits can cost tens of thousands alone. Basically, this video is a scam, a lie... The people in this video will not make a person a house for 4k.
lothean that’s why freedom is such a great thing. The freedom to move. In Texas we pay no state income tax, houses are affordable, and the legislature is lowering property taxes. Today we vote on an amendment to the Texas Constitution to ban state income tax now and in the future. I love this state.
lik This seems to be a lecture to a 50 year-old by a 17 year-old. While it makes good points, please appreciate any grace he shows in taking its advice.
@@lothean2099 I live in miami dade county in florida. Apartments are 150k+ and housing is 500k to like 80 mil. Most people can barely afford rent which is 2k for a small apartment in the more populated areas. I live an hour down south and the houses are 300k+. If you go left a couple miles from my house the houses are 500k to 5 mil. -.- Not only that but you have property tax, high housing insurance since it is a hurricane zone, and I also live in an hoa so that costs money.. It's not easy being a homeowner since overtime things need to be replaced. We also have to pay more everytime a hurricane comes through. I think the electric and water bill calls it a storm fee? Its just 3 bucks monthly atm.
This machine is currently creating a starter home that takes a week to construct foundation to plumbing and cost $15,000 not counting land. This man is a genius and in 5 years time will make it possible for kids straight out of high school to OWN a home.
Nathan Higgs they do sell sheds at Home Depot for a couple thousand dollars. It’s not just the cost of the materials, they somehow have to pay for the printers, they weren’t free to design or build.
I build houses for a living. Not sure how a unreinforced concrete shell is a house. Dave Chappelle called it correctly. If you can get rid of the material and fabrication the cost of the other items you could get your costs down a bit. It is a start, that is for sure.
He is not the inventor. It has been around for a while. That said it will never meet code without reinforcement. That is something that can't be done with that technology and is therefore a pig in a fancy suit.
I have land still can't get a house built on it due to all the restrictions and price they charge for the houses and the value of the area isn't worth the cost of the house. Government sucks.
The Australian govt. does not WANT to deal housing affordability. Or the homeless. Each consecutive Australian govt for at least the last two decades, have deliberately, incrementally made it difficult for for ordinary people to just survive. Since the 2000 Olympics, our homeless population has sky rocketed. Thank you for sharing this. I really do hope it takes off. Maybe if we all, across the whole world refuse to comply with these hate laws towards people we can change things for the better. Much courage is needed. Not cowardice, not fear. Love to all. Stay well.
Jason Ballard has made himself - like his business - transparent AND accessible. If you really want to bring HOMES OWNED FREE AND CLEAR BY THE POOR THAT ARE FIRE, FLOOD, AND WIND-PROOF VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! ♡This election know your local candidates and go to town halls and ask questions. ♡ Bring LOTS of flyers describing how housing the homeless and at risk of homelessness can be accomplished at far reduced costs/expenses for homes that thr poor own as new and outright, building equity from day one. 》Include the numbers! Those who have never been faced with being a "refugee" in their own hometown are overwhelmed and daunted by the picket fence and fine trimmed lawn mindset we were taught is the indicator of a life well lived. Basically, your worth is reflected in the value of your home. 》 Those numbers - like lot costs and interfacing infrastructure - are not figured according to the market value alone. For example, there are programs for developers to get big contracts with costs of land as deeply reduced, but these are only for rental units as HUD subsidized. These programs subsidize businesses not even in distress, and for some businesses that pay little or no taxes. 》 Programs for home ownership for individuals who are poor are almost nonexistent, and require occupancy by the owner for several decades. There programs for individuals that are for rehab buildings that are in rural areas or abandoned in cities as uninhabitable, or have land with no buildings or infrastructure. But most progams are not created for the poor, but for the developers as wealthy to make money off the projects as providing incentives are designed to attract big contractors . It is not like they will take a bath later on decreased rents, because HUD WILL SUBSIDIZE THOSE NEW UNITS, EFFECTIVELY REPLACING THE DIFFERENCE TO COMPENSATE UP TO MARKET VALUE. 》While there are considerations for land costs for those with projects to house the underserved homeless as rentals, there are none that create equity for the poor as investment for the poor. There are none that offer the same deep discounts for those who want to use plans like Ballard's that bring costs within reach of ownership by the destitute with programs to subsidize costs available to individuals. Essentially, cost of the home as conduit ready, and including insulation, can be paid off by bottle returns in less time than it takes to pay off the same quality of home, and pays off the total cost of the Ballard home build for the structure. 》LIST THE PROGRAMS AVAILALBLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE CREATED TO MAKE HOME-OWNING BY THE POOR ACCESSIBLE, BUT WITH NUMBERS BASED ON LAND AND HOME PRICES THAT WILL NEVER BE ATTAINABLE TO EXISTING POOR ADULTS. ( This is likely to be zero.) 》 SUGGEST NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE TO FUND HOMES WITH EQUITY AS OWNED BY THE POOR OUTRIGHT - THE BOTTLE RETURN PROGRAM COULD BE ONE. RETURNED BOTTLE RECIEPTS WOULD BE DONATED TO A FUND THAT IS INVESTED AS TAX FREE AND INTEREST FREE AS GRANTS DESIGNATED AS FUNDING FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING OF HOMES OWNED OUTRIGHT BY THE POOR. 》PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO RAISE UP THE POOR, KEEP THE POOR IN A GENERATIONAL CYCLE OF POVERTY BY BEING FORCED TO CHOSE RENTING, WITH OWNERSHIP OUT OF REACH. SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IS NOW AN EMBEDED METHOD OF CREATING GENERATIONAL LIVES LIVED IN SUBSIDIZED RENTALS. EVEN THOSE POOR WHO WORK CANNOT AFFORD TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE, FOOD, AND MEDICAL CARE, AND HOUSING AS SUBSIDIZED RENTAL AS WELL. 》 THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WAGES SINCE THE 1960s THAT COVER ACTUAL COST OF LIVING THAT PROVIDE THE WORKING POOR ACCESS TO MARKET RATES FOR UTILITIES, TAXES, SIDEWALKS, BIOSWAILS, ETC. LET ALONE MORTGAGES. 》 THE BUILDING INDUSTRIES AND THE GOVERNMENT *KNEW* THIS WAS COMING, BUT CONTINUED TO USE A FEUDAL MINDSET WHEN CREATING PROGAMS TO ADDRESS IT. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE THE HOUSING INDUSTRY DID NOT PROACTIVELY SEEK NEW TECHNOLOGY IN HOME BUILDING, LIKE BALLARDS. 》FLAWED CONCEPTS FOR BETTER STEWARDSHIP OF INFRASTRUCTURE ARE BASED ON OUT-MODED BELIEFS ABOUT WHO IS A VALUED PERSON AND WHO IS NOT. THIS INCLUDES THOSE WHO WILL NEVER HAVE A REALISTIC MEANS OF EARNING A SUSTAINABLE, GAINFULL INCOME. 》 WITH SYSTEMS LIKE BALLARD's THE POOR NO LONGER WILL FIND THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN GROWING WEALTH INACCESSIBLE - HOMEOWNERSHIP. AS THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FOR FAMILIES TO AMASS WEALTH, BALLARD'S TECH FOR BUILDING SLASHED THE PRICE OF A HOME, INCLUDING EXPENSES, LIKE INSURANCE. ALMOST NEEDS NO INSURANCE. CONCRETE IS NOT A NEW MATERIAL. HOUSES MADE OF CONCRETE BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S STILL STAND AS INHABITED. 》PREPARE A COSTS AND EXPENSES LIST FOR HOUSING FOR THIRTY YEARS OUT FOR A CONCRETE HOME, AS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED FREE-STANDING HOUSING WITH COMPARABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE. 》PREPARE A COSTS AND EXPENSES LIST FOR STANDARD CONSTRUCTION (WOOD FRAME) 》 TAKE COMPARATIVE LISTS TO CITY COUNCIL, METRO, COUNTY, AND STATE GOVERMENTS, AND REQUEST THAT THEY BE REVIEWED TO BE PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION ON THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE INTERACTING WITH SUCH PROGRAMS. 》REQUEST THESE BODIES TO PROVIDE A LISTS: IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, OBVIOUS BARRIERS, VIABLE TO INCEPT WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS NOW 》CRUSH THE NAYSAYERS WITH THE NUMBERS AND ACCUSE THEM OF BEING LUDDITES 》 CHALLENGE PRIVATE BUILDERS AND GOVERNMENT TO REQUEST THAT HUD DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE EXACT GOAL BEING ACCESSIBLE HOME OWNERSHIP FOR THE NON-WORKING POOR TO OWN A BALLARD HOME OUTRIGHT WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS GAINED BY THEIR OWN BOTTLE RETURNS.
@@demitraferles7970 Demetra - see my comment below your with some ideas to help inspire others to create actionable plans with the goal as always homes owned outright by the poor that create equity.
I live in Austin, TX and ever since this man went public I have yet to read of a single home that his company has built within the city limits. Developers here probably fight his efforts.
In the USA, you can lay that firmly at the feet of the banks initially, and Obama administration for their so called solution. Where they bailed out the banks twice, instead of bailing out those that got caught up in the predatory mortgage debaucle. If all those people had their homes paid off, it would've saved money, and would've left those people without the debt so that they could invest in other areas of their lives. Their standard of living would've risen immediately. And people will say, "boo-hoo, that's not fair to us" to which I would respond, "bailing out the banks twice was even less fair". The government could've bought all those houses and allowed people to pay them off at a fairer price and at an easier rate. In other words, there's other solutions but now you have entire suburbs, sub-divisions and huge areas of cities with empty homes just eroding in the elements, or rotting away as you so eloquently put it.
@@annakeye your right sir, and when goldman sacks got the bailout gave all his staff raises and a trip to Maui for a month of partying all expenses paid by the taxpayers
FYI... AS LONG AS IN AMERICA WE CAN SEE A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WITHOUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD ? THESE TALKS ARE OF NO VALUE ..AS LONG AS YOU LET OWN NATION TO SUCH POVERTY WHAT IS THE USE OF ALL THESE TALKS ?
This was 2 years ago and they could print at a speed of roughly 50sqft per hour. That means they could print a 2,000 sqft house in 40 hours (less than 2 days). It takes longer than 2 days for conventional methods to put an average size house together now. We need this tech to be implemented ASAP! Shelter should be human right everywhere!
This is a misconception tho, remember there's still a lot of prior work to be done. Engineering alone and drafting for a concrete made structure that still need plumbing, hvac, x/y/z structure for the printer body etc. But great idea 💡 I believe it's finally time to use technology for good 👍
People do have the right to shelter. However, what they don't have the right to is it given to them. They must pay for it some way, some how. SMH There is NOT one person in the U.S. that is denied shelter. Your statement is pathetically stupid.
@wesley gary they dont understand that a right isnt something that must be given to you. A right is something that nobody can take away from you. As long as nobody prevents them from earning and saving the money to get a home, or prevents them from buying a home with that money, then their rights arent violated.
We have to teach poor people money. Because I personally was fine, because I'd SAVED many years up to then. Even a bit at a time. I drive a 14 year old car. I don't have 10,000 of someone else's hair on my head or expensive manicures. I think cars and such are about shoeing off the wealth you have. But you don't see REAL millionaires doing that. I live near several (live many places long enough and things change, tho you might not live long enough to see it happen).
Your a fool,,,After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with up to 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.Our blue and green world is becoming greyer by the second. By one calculation, we may have already passed the point where concrete outweighs the combined carbon mass of every tree, bush and shrub on the planet. Our built environment is, in these terms, outgrowing the natural one. Unlike the natural world, however, it does not actually grow. Instead, its chief quality is to harden and then degrade, extremely slowly.
@@tommy07robs no, high population areas are high property value areas. cheap land is where development is low and nobody wants to live. That's why it's cheap to buy in those areas.
@@PETERJOHN101 I know but the reason Miami, JVille, Las Vegas, Detroit, and Chicago all at some point were or are big cities is because jobs and opportunity came. So creating the homes cheap could foster incentive to come. You need the infrastructure together for jobs to follow. The suburbs of Detroit did that
This is so amazing I pray this project is allowed to grow and prosper just means that anybody anywhere richer poorer can have a home to live in God bless the innovator who created this
MySuburbanHomestead You think he isn’t going to make money? Quit acting like he is a saint. He isn’t building any houses for anybody, just hawking his machines.
Kathy Young His group is busting their butts/heads, taking on risk, and using large amounts of their personal time and possibly their money to develop this. I hope he does find a way to make it profitable or else it will never work. If it is profitable... then millions... possibly billions of people will find themselves sitting in a home that will last. Free of indentured servitude (debt). That is the wonderful thing about capitalism. The more of a benefit to society you are... the more society rewards you with its energy (what money represents).
Can't see anything to critisize when the cost of owning a home is beyond reach for many, and 20 or more years of indebtedness. A heavy burden for most. A lost dream for many. 👍👍👍 For affordable housing for all who need it. It's time is past due.
We are going to have to build the program ourselves. I, too, have had several bouts of homelessness. See my comment for initial ideas to rout the nay sayers, provide numbers proving such a program is less expensive by far, and who needs to get onboard and knows the ropes.
The most expensive cities have the most building codes and zoning ordinances. That's why the average rent on a small apartment in places like San Francisco, LA, NYC, Boston, Miami, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc is between $2500 per month and $5000 per month. Because of Big Government policies, most people can't afford to live there!
This is really a huge game changer for the building industry. It will work 100 percent especially in south Africa . I would love to get involved in this case.
I am a single person on a fixed income very less then 10,000.00 per year I can't afford an apartment this house is an answer to my ideal home that I can afford. An apartment in San Antonio cost more then 785.00 a month and leaves me without any money for anything else thank you Mr. Jason Ballard great answer to my prayers. See you soon. Synthya
The rain forests are either made in to charcoal for local use. Is simply slash and burn. They pile and burn everything. Then plow the ashes into the soil for fertiliser. The rainforests are not logger for timber to build houses.
The roof is made of wood, then consider the power it will take for the building "printer" and the carbon foot print of the mining of the cement and transportation. It's not 100% clean, sure its cheap, but you plant a few of these buildings down and then fill them with the homeless and they will just turn into ghettos.
What a dumb comment, as pointed above, the rainforest is not being cut down for lumber, wood is a much more sustainable material than concrete actually and also cheaper for modern construction . A large 3d printed home like this is not really guaranteed to be more sustainable than a wood one. We need more time to learn about it, even though I will say it certainly is a great idea.
LOVE THIS!! I have a 124 year old home, don't make them like mine!! But..I want a smaller home now..this would be perfect!! I hope HIAs will allow these!! Maybe you can keep us updated, like if whole neighborhoods spring up with these!!
I do agree with everyone this is wonderful. I'm on disability so yes this is something we have been waiting for. A home you can buy for less then a down payment would be if we bought a home already standing
An incredible idea. Would like something bigger than 650 ft but still this is an incredible build. If it can deal with high winds (depending on location) and other weather conditions, I'd def purchase a house like this. It cuts the cost to a fraction and would allow people live the American dream of being home owners
Living in California I know how the housing market has changed. We’re in a CRISIS here in Cali and this new, innovative way to create new homes is a necessity!
George No, the “poor” need to be educated enough to get decent jobs. I grew up in what everyone called a “ghetto” area. I saw that no one there really wanted to work! They’d rather just collect the government checks and get free healthcare, etc. The more kids they had, the bigger the check was. They gamed the system. No husband, but a stream of live-in boyfriends / baby-daddies. That lifestyle is a choice and they love the victim-mentality. Education is free through high school and if you’re a “minority” there are always plenty of grants and scholarships etc, but how many take advantage of that?
@Boy George life & land are the only things that have actual value. Everything else is human imagination that is used to gain & maintain control. Slavery never ended, it simply expanded to encompass all, except those who are awake. NOT "woke", that's stupid.
@@RUclipsAreCommunistScum only IF WE let them, yes? Anyone have chains on keeping them from fighting against this? Chained to yo work station? THEIR Station for YOUR life? Nope. Not yet anyway. Why are YOU staying & doing nothing? I'm disabled. But I still have a voice. I can educate on HOW to stop them...it's up to OTHERS to go and effect that change outside their homes. I do my part. We are ALL guilty...with our purchases, with irresponsible votes, behaviors & ALLOWANCES of theft from OURSELVES being USED FOR HARM. What are YOU DOING, instead of complaining here?
If you teach people how to maintain the house and sell it to them it can be an answer. Renters on section 8 often tend to tear a place up and expect the landlord to fix it. But I'm in Indiana not California.
D R that’s not entirely true. In California, the last financial crash in 2007-2009 took out most of the middle class. With no homes they ended up homeless. Unfortunately without a helping hand the situation can become helpless & hopeless very quickly. No access to daily showers makes every day on the street harder to go for interviews. The dirtier they get, the less chance they have of been sellable to a Employer. Due to no fault of their own, circumstances.
Catherine Haessig So true. Not to mention apt/home prices have sky rocketed along with everything else (gas,food,medical) even when making 85kyear it’s not enough
This isn't just for the homeless. Here in the Caribbean houses cost OVER a million $ for a single storey house, so a lot of people rent rather than the bank OWNS you. We truly need this.
I can see this being a great idea for people too that want to build add ons to their homes or to add a small business on to their property too. We need something like that up here in Canada. I've heard talk about them building bases and home on other planets with 3d printers like that and it's cool to see one in action.
The problem of the homeless is more related to the cost of the place where one intends to buy a house, which is close to the urban centers. Governments need to understand this and offer fast and cheap means of mass transportation so that constructions can be made where land is available.
this is amazing is you listen to some of his lingo this man is definitely reading great books and using his “imagination”. well done sir. i want to buy one.
amazing to see this realized, i had this idea a long time ago. this looks awesome. the guy did a good job explaining. some homes have negative pressure that will cause pressure in the head and maybe the body. i wonder if their able to design so it’s eliminates that also.
Or say that it violates codes or something. Or the gentrified occupants of a neighbourhood will nix it before it starts because they don't want plebes "polluting" their neighbourhood.
Yeah, that construction method doesn't meet code or zoning in most municipalities! Trust me, building codes and zoning ordinances are NOT about safety!
Ha on the other hand , they give out tax breaks or money back offers to buy electric ⚡️ cars. Cause it’s saving Mother Earth 🌍 part of the green deal. How’s this not the same? I call BS if they F with it.
They will not allow this to happen until the boomers are dead. Boomers are one of the largest voting blocks and by and large (vs younger generations) own there own home and many have planned their retirement on rental income. If house prices are reduced drastically these voters will be financially vulnerable as a result and will punish any party that puts them in this position. House prices therefore are protected above housing availability as boomers vote, homeless people do not!
See here's the only thing because I'm from the Caribbean where we build with concrete for protection against hurricanes but I see no steel support, as a construction student I've been taught that while concrete is strong in compression its weaker in tension and so steel rebar is used in conjunction to strengthen this property. With that said though at only 4k if your house gets destroyed it shouldn't be that hard to replace 🤣
No way that's only 4 grand in concrete.. add windows, doors, roof, electrical, plumbing. You still couldn't finish that with permits for under 50k. Great technology but misleading on the price.
that's for the shell , the LEAST expensive part of a home....i can build a shell for 1/2 that...it is a groovey idea , but it won't be that cheap for a finished house
Not only that , what’s stopping that building from tumbling over ? If they are just pouring concrete on top of concrete , I don’t think that structure will even pass code in many countries.
They make stick houses in America because it's more money for the buider. It's all about the money. They can make homes more affordable but it's not in the best interest of greedy people.
I remember back in 2006 or so, there was an "Open Source Housing Initiative" that would have also of driven house building cost down... that has gone nowhere. Traditional builders and their inability to innovate are the real problem with housing cost today. I would completely love to build a house like this on my parent's property (or two houses for that matter), however my township requires at LEAST an 800sq/ft building on the property. It's bullshit.
One of the main costs of building with concrete has been the on site work. Even with pre-fab concrete the costs are huge, whilst I believe that they don't necessarily have to be. This system is far more flexible whilst it DOES require some heavy and no doubt expensive equipment.
Affordable houses for families that needs a permanent house to build memories that lasts. Continue to provide established perspectives that makes lifetime experiences. Keep raking congratulations and citations for quality, design, and quantity. ICON.
Just about every city and town in America have outdated rules and regulations that would stop a great idea like this dead in its tracks before it ever gets started. Their being paid under the table by the big housing contractors to keep things just the way are.
I think if you can PROVE it's safe, they won't have a case. In Illinois, there aren't laws on trailers now that I know of. But greedy people charge 2200 a MONTH (????) on a very packed lot full of ugly trailers. We NEED real estate usury laws.
3D printing gets used for High Precision Car parts these days . Squeezing a bit of Concrete in a predetermined pattern is easy enough . Just need a Big enough Unit for the Job . Preferably Modular for Easy Transport .
@@rbr4115 bc i couldn't leave a thumbs up for some reason, i came to leave a comment. Any one in every district in this ever increasing 3rd world country, if they have any inclination, should be involved with this happening. If at all possible
it's true.....over priced real estate has ruined the ability for a lot of people to buy their own property....this is a step in the right direction...
Not if people are out of work cuz robots are doing everything
Over priced where ? In major cities maybe but lot of land cheap out side that small urban pile of people.
@@ToneFury Never that straight forward. True, no framing involved, and utilities are easier to install but the low price point means millions will be built. This would create way more jobs than it would cut, because of that fact that it essentially expands the middle class. Suddenly you can build a development of 10 homes yourself for around 100k. Maybe not in the states with all the red-tape but you can get an idea of where it's going. It's a new class of home owner which means a whole new industry, and a ton of new development.
@@christophorus9235 wasn't speaking about JUST this industry..robots are taking over everything..I went to a McDonald's last week,at it was full of screens..people dont even take ya order anymore..its only gonna get worse as time goes on
@@ToneFury Fair enough, but those touchscreens mean few more higher quality jobs for a large removal of rather shitty jobs. More IT workers, manufacturing and more electrical installers/maintenance in exchange for a few Macdonald's till jobs.
The problem isn't even that there aren't enough homes in the US. There are a LOT of empty houses and apartments, more than enough to shelter everyone. The problem is the cost. Housing is getting more and more expensive and people can't keep up.
Yeah, the average job, were I live, pays $40K a year and to afford to buy a home one must earn over $50+ a year. Houses are going above asking $, and it's gotten worse over the last year.
That’s the story of the US right. We have so much yet so few can take part of it. Food, medicine, homes. With the pandemic this is only accelerating.
I totally agree that cost has a lot to do with being homeless . Then add in health issues . The elderly are a group that few people acknowledge also . If they are on living on Medicare and have no retirement funds they teeter on the edge too . What a sad commentary on America !
Good Ole American greed...will catch up with them...damn shame!!
Some jobs aren't even giving out merit raises anymore, let alone cost of living raises. And there seems to be no oversight to ensure that housing and apartment costs match the median salary for the area. It's absurd.
Bless his soul. He is trying to help poor people. An amazing human being!!
Think I'd rather have one of these than those over priced Tiny Homes.
The 3D Printer only prints the walls... everything else remains to be done and included... It's not clear to me if the 4k includes the whole package...
@Jake Offenhymer there's more to build a house than walls or any elements that a 3D printer can build... what about plumbing - electrical circuit - Insulation... see what I mean? Those are basics that a printer can't print (but some pieces of stuffs in plumbing) neither install...
@Jake Offenhymer who said it is rocket science? To get the house (entirely done) all have to be done and everything can't be done for 4 000 $ I guess. It was the meaning of my post here. The printer only builds the walls, I even wonder about the roof (certainly not without human intervention on the frame) even for a flat roof... but my intervention is about what does the 4k price includes to compare with other building option prices
@Jake Offenhymer Also the 4k is certainly a starting price for minimum square meters... All this has to be taken into consideration to compare building options.
@Jake Offenhymer Do you understand what being off-topic means? Maybe you'll need to google it, I wonder at this stage. O.O
But don't worry I understood that you needed to feel smarter than everyone, everything and whatever... Sorry, Jack spitting knowledge is not enough, it has to be on topic to be valuable regarding the topic or you digressing. Will you get over IT? Or will you need to get even more off-topic for nuts.
Protect this man at all costs 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Amen 😇🙏💕
seriously anybody but him lol
You know what happens when someone has a brilliant, low cost solution that affects someone's pocket ...
I would move in tomorrow. I am a single woman who has been trying to figure out how to build a small home that I can afford. I have the land but looking at building a small house in excess of $100k doesn't work with a fixed income so I am looking at anything that I can afford. This is amazing and it is the prefect size.
Annette DeCroix, do you have any land for sale or know someone who does?
Yours is an important comment. It is actually everyday people who could really use this affordable technology. I am a Realtor and know the costs and commitment of purchasing a home the traditional way. Paying a mortgage for 15-30 years is really ridiculous. I love this concept and hope it can upend traditional building and financing schemes truly making housing pleasing and affordable to everyone.
Don't have any land to sell just my little homestead for me and the dogs.
@@Blackgoldart1 depends on where you want to end up at. Interested in Tenn?
Amen, Annette, same here. Unfortunately even as a Veteran with all those supposedly great services they offer us, I am atill struggling to find an affordable "habitable" home. Most in my price range are foreclosed places that have been seriously sabotaged by the previous owners where the repair costs are prohibitive and most of the worst damage is undetectable until you live in the place. Sad thing is, I actually wrote our state governor about this problem and only got some fancy lip service.
This guy could leave his finger print on the world and end homelessness! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He'll be dead before that ever happens! They'll kill him.
This idea is already made in Estonia i think he didn't start the idea it's already been made
Beezy Talking Shit ;
@Kyle Mettlach many homeless don't have 40 bucks a month. Not without starving. And who will pay utilities while they get on their feet. If disabled that takes awhile. The shelter is a great idea but there would need to be other things in place to make it viable.
You are very naive thinking people homeless because they cannot afford houses. Think again. In CA, govt gave them houses and still, they'd rather live wherever they see fit.
we need more of these kind of "out of box thinking" entrepreneurs.
They should allow Hud to build house's like this for the people to live in and stop being riped off by landlords
This is not a Homelessness idea. This could be used for the masses. The homeless issue will not end by giving them a house. It will only end with stopping the drugs and alcohol and giving them medical attention. OK
This could make houses affordable for everyone, everywhere
Hud is there to provide employment for the bureaucracy and profits for contractors, housing is the excuse.
@@raybod1775 There are two problems with this. First, Homelessness is a byproduct of Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Sickness. You fix that before you give anyone a home. Second, this is way too expensive for the homeless. You have the cost of the structure, the land, site costs, hook ups and other things. There has to be a cheaper way.
Hud needs to be disbanded.
finally, lets end these real estate and construction monopolies
Agreed. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for entrepreneurship and people being able to make money. However, it has reached a place in most of Florida that if a husband and wife are not both working a full time job, then they can't afford to have a small home built. Hence the cost of a family is nearly out of reach.
I'm not saying to squash builders with regulations, just add some inexpensive competition. In fact, the system could be purchased by the owner himself to build his own house. I've always dreamed of building a hurricane resistant house and I believe this one is on that scale. Also, it would give these outrageous insurance companies a knock in the head and their wallet.
@@troyezell5841 It's exactly the same in Ireland.
Monopolies???
@@FEV369 It's the same as in both the husband and wife have to hold full time jobs to own a house and still struggle, whereas at one time a large family could have a house and be dependent on one income and not struggle so much. Houses are very expensive to buy in Ireland and rents are extortionate.
@@mikegan73 You seem to not understand a few things here. Basically you take a time period from lets say the 50''s and compare it today, here is where you made some mistakes.
1: More people and a bigger population has caused crowded places to cost more, supply and demand.
2: Average size of a house and what goes into it has changed a lot. Once a home didn't even have a foundation, insulation, electricity and running water... Once homes average size was 1200sqft. Now people want a 2000-3000sqft home, with all the high end things they see on TV.
3: If you bought a house with the "basics" and under 1500sqft while not be located in a big city or downtown in a smaller city you could do 100-150k fairly easily. maybe even 50-100k.
I'm not arguing against 3d printing but I doubt it's even close to 4k to build. Most the time they tell you cost to do the *just* the 3d printing... and the sizes are small, like a couple hundred sqft small... They don't include electrical, plumbing, lights, the roof, foundation or the land costs... It's all to make you think, "wow" when reality is this tiny outhouse in the video is probably still 50k+.
I'm a really small Government guy, not a Republican btw. One of the biggest costs in housing is Government regulation, permits and where they let people build and how many units. It won't matter if it's 3d printed because you still have to do all the stuff I talked about... the permits can cost tens of thousands alone.
Basically, this video is a scam, a lie... The people in this video will not make a person a house for 4k.
The whole world is in need of this innovation.
There want us to be homeless, so there can haul us of into FEMA camps.
@@minkavaliant7625 indeed
I agree with that statement totally
There are much better easy than this
Finally someone with compassion, who wants to give the little guys a break.Beautiful job.
I am almost 50 and wish I could aford a home. Maybe this is it. Thank God
illuminateMary TRUTHLOVELIGHT.....There is HOPE for you! Anything is possible with God!
You can afford a house. It all depends what city and state you live in. That's what sucks about life.
lothean that’s why freedom is such a great thing. The freedom to move. In Texas we pay no state income tax, houses are affordable, and the legislature is lowering property taxes. Today we vote on an amendment to the Texas Constitution to ban state income tax now and in the future. I love this state.
lik This seems to be a lecture to a 50 year-old by a 17 year-old.
While it makes good points, please appreciate any grace he shows in taking its advice.
@@lothean2099 I live in miami dade county in florida. Apartments are 150k+ and housing is 500k to like 80 mil. Most people can barely afford rent which is 2k for a small apartment in the more populated areas. I live an hour down south and the houses are 300k+. If you go left a couple miles from my house the houses are 500k to 5 mil. -.- Not only that but you have property tax, high housing insurance since it is a hurricane zone, and I also live in an hoa so that costs money.. It's not easy being a homeowner since overtime things need to be replaced.
We also have to pay more everytime a hurricane comes through. I think the electric and water bill calls it a storm fee? Its just 3 bucks monthly atm.
This machine is currently creating a starter home that takes a week to construct foundation to plumbing and cost $15,000 not counting land. This man is a genius and in 5 years time will make it possible for kids straight out of high school to OWN a home.
Nathan Higgs they do sell sheds at Home Depot for a couple thousand dollars. It’s not just the cost of the materials, they somehow have to pay for the printers, they weren’t free to design or build.
I build houses for a living. Not sure how a unreinforced concrete shell is a house. Dave Chappelle called it correctly. If you can get rid of the material and fabrication the cost of the other items you could get your costs down a bit.
It is a start, that is for sure.
Naw they'll find a way to charge almost triple the cost in no time. Those will be 50,000 dollar homes.
He is not the inventor. It has been around for a while. That said it will never meet code without reinforcement. That is something that can't be done with that technology and is therefore a pig in a fancy suit.
Land costs a mint
I have land still can't get a house built on it due to all the restrictions and price they charge for the houses and the value of the area isn't worth the cost of the house. Government sucks.
650sq two bedrooms prefab under $20000 USD installed.
Government can’t do anything when I built my house on my own original land 😂 perks of being native lmaooo
being a native isn't a perk.
Whats your ethnicity
That’s horrible! I am so sorry. I hope everything works out for you!
I commend you Jason for recognizing a problem and to seeing a vision and making it a reality for many of us! I will be exploring your option for sure!
YES Jason give Elon musk compensation stat lol God bless you
This is desperately needed in Australia right now. Hope this takes off.
Wait until govt gets into it and quadruples the price of everything.
The Australian govt. does not WANT to deal housing affordability. Or the homeless. Each consecutive Australian govt for at least the last two decades, have deliberately, incrementally made it difficult for for ordinary people to just survive. Since the 2000 Olympics, our homeless population has sky rocketed.
Thank you for sharing this. I really do hope it takes off. Maybe if we all, across the whole world refuse to comply with these hate laws towards people we can change things for the better. Much courage is needed. Not cowardice, not fear. Love to all. Stay well.
Jason Ballard has made himself - like his business - transparent AND accessible.
If you really want to bring HOMES OWNED FREE AND CLEAR BY THE POOR THAT ARE FIRE, FLOOD, AND WIND-PROOF VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
♡This election know your local candidates and go to town halls and ask questions.
♡ Bring LOTS of flyers describing how housing the homeless and at risk of homelessness can be accomplished at far reduced costs/expenses for homes that thr poor own as new and outright, building equity from day one.
》Include the numbers! Those who have never been faced with being a "refugee" in their own hometown are overwhelmed and daunted by the picket fence and fine trimmed lawn mindset we were taught is the indicator of a life well lived. Basically, your worth is reflected in the value of your home.
》 Those numbers - like lot costs and interfacing infrastructure - are not figured according to the market value alone. For example, there are programs for developers to get big contracts with costs of land as deeply reduced, but these are only for rental units as HUD subsidized. These programs subsidize businesses not even in distress, and for some businesses that pay little or no taxes.
》 Programs for home ownership for individuals who are poor are almost nonexistent, and require occupancy by the owner for several decades. There programs for individuals that are for rehab buildings that are in rural areas or abandoned in cities as uninhabitable, or have land with no buildings or infrastructure. But most progams are not created for the poor, but for the developers as wealthy to make money off the projects as providing incentives are designed to attract big contractors . It is not like they will take a bath later on decreased rents, because HUD WILL SUBSIDIZE THOSE NEW UNITS, EFFECTIVELY REPLACING THE DIFFERENCE TO COMPENSATE UP TO MARKET VALUE.
》While there are considerations for land costs for those with projects to house the underserved homeless as rentals, there are none that create equity for the poor as investment for the poor. There are none that offer the same deep discounts for those who want to use plans like Ballard's that bring costs within reach of ownership by the destitute with programs to subsidize costs available to individuals. Essentially, cost of the home as conduit ready, and including insulation, can be paid off by bottle returns in less time than it takes to pay off the same quality of home, and pays off the total cost of the Ballard home build for the structure.
》LIST THE PROGRAMS AVAILALBLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE CREATED TO MAKE HOME-OWNING BY THE POOR ACCESSIBLE, BUT WITH NUMBERS BASED ON LAND AND HOME PRICES THAT WILL NEVER BE ATTAINABLE TO EXISTING POOR ADULTS. ( This is likely to be zero.)
》 SUGGEST NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE TO FUND HOMES WITH EQUITY AS OWNED BY THE POOR OUTRIGHT - THE BOTTLE RETURN PROGRAM COULD BE ONE. RETURNED BOTTLE RECIEPTS WOULD BE DONATED TO A FUND THAT IS INVESTED AS TAX FREE AND INTEREST FREE AS GRANTS DESIGNATED AS FUNDING FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING OF HOMES OWNED OUTRIGHT BY THE POOR.
》PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO RAISE UP THE POOR, KEEP THE POOR IN A GENERATIONAL CYCLE OF POVERTY BY BEING FORCED TO CHOSE RENTING, WITH OWNERSHIP OUT OF REACH. SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IS NOW AN EMBEDED METHOD OF CREATING GENERATIONAL LIVES LIVED IN SUBSIDIZED RENTALS. EVEN THOSE POOR WHO WORK CANNOT AFFORD TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE, FOOD, AND MEDICAL CARE, AND HOUSING AS SUBSIDIZED RENTAL AS WELL.
》 THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WAGES SINCE THE 1960s THAT COVER ACTUAL COST OF LIVING THAT PROVIDE THE WORKING POOR ACCESS TO MARKET RATES FOR UTILITIES, TAXES, SIDEWALKS, BIOSWAILS, ETC. LET ALONE MORTGAGES.
》 THE BUILDING INDUSTRIES AND THE GOVERNMENT *KNEW* THIS WAS COMING, BUT CONTINUED TO USE A FEUDAL MINDSET WHEN CREATING PROGAMS TO ADDRESS IT. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE THE HOUSING INDUSTRY DID NOT PROACTIVELY SEEK NEW TECHNOLOGY IN HOME BUILDING, LIKE BALLARDS.
》FLAWED CONCEPTS FOR BETTER STEWARDSHIP OF INFRASTRUCTURE ARE BASED ON OUT-MODED BELIEFS ABOUT WHO IS A VALUED PERSON AND WHO IS NOT. THIS INCLUDES THOSE WHO WILL NEVER HAVE A REALISTIC MEANS OF EARNING A SUSTAINABLE, GAINFULL INCOME.
》 WITH SYSTEMS LIKE BALLARD's THE POOR NO LONGER WILL FIND THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN GROWING WEALTH INACCESSIBLE - HOMEOWNERSHIP. AS THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FOR FAMILIES TO AMASS WEALTH, BALLARD'S TECH FOR BUILDING SLASHED THE PRICE OF A HOME, INCLUDING EXPENSES, LIKE INSURANCE. ALMOST NEEDS NO INSURANCE. CONCRETE IS NOT A NEW MATERIAL. HOUSES MADE OF CONCRETE BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S STILL STAND AS INHABITED.
》PREPARE A COSTS AND EXPENSES LIST FOR HOUSING FOR THIRTY YEARS OUT FOR A CONCRETE HOME, AS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED FREE-STANDING HOUSING WITH COMPARABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
》PREPARE A COSTS AND EXPENSES LIST FOR STANDARD CONSTRUCTION (WOOD FRAME)
》 TAKE COMPARATIVE LISTS TO CITY COUNCIL, METRO, COUNTY, AND STATE GOVERMENTS, AND REQUEST THAT THEY BE REVIEWED TO BE PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION ON THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE INTERACTING WITH SUCH PROGRAMS.
》REQUEST THESE BODIES TO PROVIDE A LISTS: IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, OBVIOUS BARRIERS, VIABLE TO INCEPT WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS NOW
》CRUSH THE NAYSAYERS WITH THE NUMBERS AND ACCUSE THEM OF BEING LUDDITES
》 CHALLENGE PRIVATE BUILDERS AND GOVERNMENT TO REQUEST THAT HUD DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE EXACT GOAL BEING ACCESSIBLE HOME OWNERSHIP FOR THE NON-WORKING POOR TO OWN A BALLARD HOME OUTRIGHT WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS GAINED BY THEIR OWN BOTTLE RETURNS.
@@demitraferles7970 Demetra - see my comment below your with some ideas to help inspire others to create actionable plans with the goal as always homes owned outright by the poor that create equity.
this guy can literally build his own neighborhood.
Yea but the draw back is it would take him about 6months hahaa lol.
@Mick W if i had millions of dollars id invest in you!
firm believer in just about 4 weeks🤣
I live in Austin, TX and ever since this man went public I have yet to read of a single home that his company has built within the city limits. Developers here probably fight his efforts.
The desert is a Big place!
just a few months ago the FIRST 3-d printed home was SOLD! I don't know if it was his company that built it or another
Deed restrictions for sure! Protect values.--
Can I get one in South Carolina please Florence
That's what "they" do..
God bless This man for helping the homeless
There are so many houses that banks own just rotting away .
In the USA, you can lay that firmly at the feet of the banks initially, and Obama administration for their so called solution. Where they bailed out the banks twice, instead of bailing out those that got caught up in the predatory mortgage debaucle. If all those people had their homes paid off, it would've saved money, and would've left those people without the debt so that they could invest in other areas of their lives. Their standard of living would've risen immediately. And people will say, "boo-hoo, that's not fair to us" to which I would respond, "bailing out the banks twice was even less fair". The government could've bought all those houses and allowed people to pay them off at a fairer price and at an easier rate. In other words, there's other solutions but now you have entire suburbs, sub-divisions and huge areas of cities with empty homes just eroding in the elements, or rotting away as you so eloquently put it.
@@annakeye your right sir, and when goldman sacks got the bailout gave all his staff raises and a trip to Maui for a month of partying all expenses paid by the taxpayers
FYI...
AS LONG AS IN AMERICA WE CAN SEE A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WITHOUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD ?
THESE TALKS ARE OF NO VALUE ..AS LONG AS YOU LET OWN NATION TO SUCH POVERTY WHAT IS THE USE OF ALL THESE TALKS ?
@@annakeye the final nail in capitalism's coffin, and then we paid to ship out our manufacturing resulting in even more empty homes
@@annakeye yes and the bank would have still benefitted from the money too if they helped the home owner.
This isn't the first concrete printed house. It's almost ten years old now. I just want all these "Genius" ideas to be implemented already!
Just need to trim back the Cronny regulations then good luck the builder's associations have more pull than the common person.
Everyone loves their BIG DADDY GUBMENT, so there will be too many regulations to allow this tech. to be used for the common welfare of all.
I haven't heard them this Cheap though.
Brent Polk No because businesses and governments can’t make money out of it!
God bless him and all those working to give basic shelter for everyone
This was 2 years ago and they could print at a speed of roughly 50sqft per hour. That means they could print a 2,000 sqft house in 40 hours (less than 2 days). It takes longer than 2 days for conventional methods to put an average size house together now. We need this tech to be implemented ASAP! Shelter should be human right everywhere!
Yess!! housing needs to be a human right especially during times like this.
This is a misconception tho, remember there's still a lot of prior work to be done. Engineering alone and drafting for a concrete made structure that still need plumbing, hvac, x/y/z structure for the printer body etc. But great idea 💡 I believe it's finally time to use technology for good 👍
@wesley gary I’m not sure if you’re aware or not but technology tends to demonetize with time.
People do have the right to shelter. However, what they don't have the right to is it given to them. They must pay for it some way, some how. SMH There is NOT one person in the U.S. that is denied shelter. Your statement is pathetically stupid.
@wesley gary they dont understand that a right isnt something that must be given to you. A right is something that nobody can take away from you. As long as nobody prevents them from earning and saving the money to get a home, or prevents them from buying a home with that money, then their rights arent violated.
Apparently 2 years ago this came out and I'm just learning you can 3D print a house like this. Super cool.
This can change so many people's lives, we need this. Especially now that we are living in the pandemic era, which resulted in financial hardship.
Fast forward.....scamdemic
We have to teach poor people money. Because I personally was fine, because I'd SAVED many years up to then. Even a bit at a time. I drive a 14 year old car. I don't have 10,000 of someone else's hair on my head or expensive manicures. I think cars and such are about shoeing off the wealth you have. But you don't see REAL millionaires doing that. I live near several (live many places long enough and things change, tho you might not live long enough to see it happen).
About time. We need to stop using lumber to build homes.
Especially in areas like Florida and the gulf coastline.
Why? It's 'renewable'.
Your a fool,,,After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with up to 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.Our blue and green world is becoming greyer by the second. By one calculation, we may have already passed the point where concrete outweighs the combined carbon mass of every tree, bush and shrub on the planet. Our built environment is, in these terms, outgrowing the natural one. Unlike the natural world, however, it does not actually grow. Instead, its chief quality is to harden and then degrade, extremely slowly.
@Torch Dallas adobe ! if people weren't so brainwashed to think "mud huts"....rammed earth , adobe , etc. RELATIVELY harmless
@@robertromanski43 You are correct, but calling people insulting names isn't a good tactic to get them to see your point.
Getting the land is the tough part.......yeah theres lots of land but land where the jobs are is the trick.
Jobs form where the land is cheap and population is high
@@tommy07robs
no, high population areas are high property value areas. cheap land is where development is low and nobody wants to live. That's why it's cheap to buy in those areas.
@@PETERJOHN101 I know but the reason Miami, JVille, Las Vegas, Detroit, and Chicago all at some point were or are big cities is because jobs and opportunity came. So creating the homes cheap could foster incentive to come. You need the infrastructure together for jobs to follow. The suburbs of Detroit did that
Daniel B true where they avoidable, there’s no work.
@Geo Thomas that makes zero logical sense
This is a good thing to do. Ppl need this so much.
Once they become popular they'll cost $200K in no time.
Johnsc11904 exactlyyyyyyyyyyy omg
Just like the tiny houses they cost like 200k that's ridiculous
@@gloriaking9586 yep a tiny house is pointless if it has an enormous price
@leslie graham says you
Wont happen because if it begins to, many contractors will begin doing this and it will collapse the cost back down.
I'm really impressed by the interviewer's way of handling questions
Some singer in LA tried to build small micro homes for the homeless, and he got shut down by the arrogant politicians
impossible, democrats love people. Its LA so we already know that no nasty repubicans are there. /sarc
Yes and there destroyed the homes. Didn't even let the people take there belongings out.
You're allowed to build homes for people if you want to are you serious
@@minkavaliant7625 crimes against humanity start the petition up
Yeah, those evil politicians. Democrats by the way, funded by the unions protecting their own turf.
This is so amazing I pray this project is allowed to grow and prosper just means that anybody anywhere richer poorer can have a home to live in God bless the innovator who created this
Most businesses get
Rich off the needy. Especially homes,
Rental or purchase
Ever since I first heard of 3D printers... I knew this was coming! I am glad to see some folks using it as a power for the good of humanity. Thank you
MySuburbanHomestead You think he isn’t going to make money? Quit acting like he is a saint. He isn’t building any houses for anybody, just hawking his machines.
Kathy Young
His group is busting their butts/heads, taking on risk, and using large amounts of their personal time and possibly their money to develop this. I hope he does find a way to make it profitable or else it will never work. If it is profitable... then millions... possibly billions of people will find themselves sitting in a home that will last. Free of indentured servitude (debt). That is the wonderful thing about capitalism. The more of a benefit to society you are... the more society rewards you with its energy (what money represents).
Can't see anything to critisize when the cost of owning a home is beyond reach for many, and 20 or more years of indebtedness. A heavy burden for most. A lost dream for many. 👍👍👍 For affordable housing for all who need it. It's time is past due.
We are going to have to build the program ourselves. I, too, have had several bouts of homelessness. See my comment for initial ideas to rout the nay sayers, provide numbers proving such a program is less expensive by far, and who needs to get onboard and knows the ropes.
Biggest problem for US homelessness is government regulations.
It would be difficult to name anything that government does well that market forces couldn't do better /cheaper /more efficiently.
@@envisionCamusa Government it's the worst racketeering out there. They will find a million things to prevent true affordable housing for people.
@Mad Hatman source?
The most expensive cities have the most building codes and zoning ordinances. That's why the average rent on a small apartment in places like San Francisco, LA, NYC, Boston, Miami, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc is between $2500 per month and $5000 per month. Because of Big Government policies, most people can't afford to live there!
The problem is people don't want homeless people in their neighborhood
Wow, can’t wait to hear how it performs and measures up ecologically.
Game changer!
He better have a bodyguard because he's taking money out of some rich person pocket and they don't like that. Blessings 🙏
That's what happened to Theranos
Who gives a shit about if it's taking money out of someone's pocket. Their most likely corrupt.
They're probably gonna take him out one way or another!
How!? These homes are for people with lower incomes. This si affordable
Too late. Others will now being working to develop this technology.
This is really a huge game changer for the building industry. It will work 100 percent especially in south Africa . I would love to get involved in this case.
I am a single person on a fixed income very less then 10,000.00 per year I can't afford an apartment this house is an answer to my ideal home that I can afford. An apartment in San Antonio cost more then 785.00 a month and leaves me without any money for anything else thank you Mr. Jason Ballard great answer to my prayers. See you soon.
Synthya
Because of 3D printer house. for 5 or 6 thousand dollars that how it should be for houses. Go for it buy soon as possible.
Pivotal Film Scenes Work on being a human being.
You need land to put it on tho
@@alexander2685 Thanks, John. That was a perfect reply to Pivotal Films. Two thumbs up, you rock.
oo oo good for you? You want an award 🥇? Maybe a cookie 🍪?
This is game changer for homeless. Amazing!!
This will reduce the depedancy on wood and save the rainforests!
the rainforests aren't cut down for lumber for the most part, its to clear land for animal feed, charcoal, (a very small percent illegal logging)
The rain forests are either made in to charcoal for local use. Is simply slash and burn. They pile and burn everything. Then plow the ashes into the soil for fertiliser. The rainforests are not logger for timber to build houses.
The roof is made of wood, then consider the power it will take for the building "printer" and the carbon foot print of the mining of the cement and transportation. It's not 100% clean, sure its cheap, but you plant a few of these buildings down and then fill them with the homeless and they will just turn into ghettos.
@@anthonyh4745 oh.
What a dumb comment, as pointed above, the rainforest is not being cut down for lumber, wood is a much more sustainable material than concrete actually and also cheaper for modern construction . A large 3d printed home like this is not really guaranteed to be more sustainable than a wood one. We need more time to learn about it, even though I will say it certainly is a great idea.
I bet with picky city ordinances its tough to find a place that will allow these homes.
So where is company today, Nov 2019 ?
Building dog houses
?
What is is important is that the construction 3D printing technology will only advance from now on.
the ceo was murderer by very powerful ppl
Dario Ortiz 🤣🤣🤣
This is one of the greatest inventions I’ve ever seen!!
🙏🏾Jason Ballard. You're such a beautiful, kind-hearted person. Keep up the great work.
This is epic! Yes, I believe in this dream! Feed and house all families globally, everyone! ❤️
The technology of today can make the world such a better place, but instead people are using it for greed. This is amazing.
You expect people to work hard, take risks on innovation and NOT MAKE ANY MONEY? Please define GREED for us.
LOVE THIS!! I have a 124 year old home, don't make them like mine!! But..I want a smaller home now..this would be perfect!! I hope HIAs will allow these!! Maybe you can keep us updated, like if whole neighborhoods spring up with these!!
I think this is the best for homeless people I want one to I would live in this house you are a special man to share this thankyou for this video
Get a govt agency involved and they'll quickly turn this 12hr, $4000 house into12wk, $40,000
True
But it's for the children. :)
Well, considering American prices, still would be a good deal honestly. 3 months build house and 40k ... I would pay for that
Yep.
@@LucasRodmo 55 square meters
I do agree with everyone this is wonderful. I'm on disability so yes this is something we have been waiting for. A home you can buy for less then a down payment would be if we bought a home already standing
I love the whole concept! If I could build on my land I would offer to a home for a family! FOR FREE!
Blessings to you for your heart
That's what love does. 🙏
I'm in!!!
Your are blessed.. Big heart!
An incredible idea. Would like something bigger than 650 ft but still this is an incredible build. If it can deal with high winds (depending on location) and other weather conditions, I'd def purchase a house like this. It cuts the cost to a fraction and would allow people live the American dream of being home owners
Living in California I know how the housing market has changed. We’re in a CRISIS here in Cali and this new, innovative way to create new homes is a necessity!
What's the bet great solutions like these will somehow acquire a huge tax or something to make sure people don't really get ahead for less?
George No, the “poor” need to be educated enough to get decent jobs.
I grew up in what everyone called a “ghetto” area.
I saw that no one there really wanted to work!
They’d rather just collect the government checks and get free healthcare, etc.
The more kids they had, the bigger the check was.
They gamed the system. No husband, but a stream of live-in boyfriends / baby-daddies.
That lifestyle is a choice and they love the victim-mentality.
Education is free through high school and if you’re a “minority” there are always plenty of grants and scholarships etc, but how many take advantage of that?
lol we are still screwed. California regulates homes like crazy. You won’t be seeing these 3D printed homes soon
Leave California were giving houses away in St Louis
@@pat4005 Who are "they"?
why isn't this being done in LA right now for all the homelessness that we have been dealing with? This is AMAZING!!
Because that wouldn't fit the "narrative" needed
@Boy George life & land are the only things that have actual value. Everything else is human imagination that is used to gain & maintain control. Slavery never ended, it simply expanded to encompass all, except those who are awake. NOT "woke", that's stupid.
Cuz scumbags rule the laws of earth
@@RUclipsAreCommunistScum only IF WE let them, yes? Anyone have chains on keeping them from fighting against this? Chained to yo work station? THEIR Station for YOUR life? Nope. Not yet anyway. Why are YOU staying & doing nothing? I'm disabled. But I still have a voice. I can educate on HOW to stop them...it's up to OTHERS to go and effect that change outside their homes. I do my part. We are ALL guilty...with our purchases, with irresponsible votes, behaviors & ALLOWANCES of theft from OURSELVES being USED FOR HARM. What are YOU DOING, instead of complaining here?
There you go CA, move all the section 8 people to these small houses that maybe cost $100/mo for rent to solve your state financial debt problem
Or quit sending 5 billion dollars in handout to the useless “State of Israel”.
If you teach people how to maintain the house and sell it to them it can be an answer. Renters on section 8 often tend to tear a place up and expect the landlord to fix it. But I'm in Indiana not California.
@@chericarpenter-lundstrom6897 I bet those people.that rent to section 8 haven't missed s payment during this pandemic.
CA has a surplus. There's going to be a state stimulus package soon. Just read about it yesterday.
By doing what you suggest, Ca. will get in more dept than they are now, the section 8 tenants will destroy those house in no time for sure.
I have been building homes with shipping containers and this seems better. I love it, thanks!
So let’s go . I’d love to do this for homeless people, especially veterans or single mothers who are low income.
It's indeed a great idea nothing worths more than that dear
D R that’s not entirely true. In California, the last financial crash in 2007-2009 took out most of the middle class. With no homes they ended up homeless. Unfortunately without a helping hand the situation can become helpless & hopeless very quickly. No access to daily showers makes every day on the street harder to go for interviews. The dirtier they get, the less chance they have of been sellable to a Employer. Due to no fault of their own, circumstances.
Catherine Haessig So true. Not to mention apt/home prices have sky rocketed along with everything else (gas,food,medical) even when making 85kyear it’s not enough
No wonder California have been moving to Texas over the past 10-15 yrs
This isn't just for the homeless. Here in the Caribbean houses cost OVER a million $ for a single storey house, so a lot of people rent rather than the bank OWNS you. We truly need this.
We live the interesting times!! This is great at many levels....
God bless you all and I am so glad that somebody is finally careing about us poor people to afford a home that will last forever.
As a handicapped widowed mother of four, two still home I would love to live in one of these!
Such amazing, impactful technology. Changing the world one home at a time. 🏡🙂
I can see this being a great idea for people too that want to build add ons to their homes or to add a small business on to their property too. We need something like that up here in Canada.
I've heard talk about them building bases and home on other planets with 3d printers like that and it's cool to see one in action.
Why hasn't this taken off. Coporate greed! We need this!
The problem of the homeless is more related to the cost of the place where one intends to buy a house, which is close to the urban centers. Governments need to understand this and offer fast and cheap means of mass transportation so that constructions can be made where land is available.
AWESOME! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR COMPANY!
this is amazing is you listen to some of his lingo this man is definitely reading great books and using his “imagination”. well done sir. i want to buy one.
amazing to see this realized, i had this idea a long time ago. this looks awesome. the guy did a good job explaining. some homes have negative pressure that will cause pressure in the head and maybe the body. i wonder if their able to design so it’s eliminates that also.
I suffered from homelessness and I would love to invest the income ive gained to a permanent structure .... For me and my 8mo son 🥰
Same here sister. May God continue to bless you and your son.
@@shantelrscott thank you so much and may God bless you and your family during and made you guys remain Strengthen
Please tell me you live in LA mama? If so, I have tons of baby clothes for your little man 💕
I havr a comment to a post on this forum, wnere I suggest ways to move this forward in America, using Ballard's construction and existing programs
@@teresaboze69 what do you mean
The government will do anything to stop this or find a way to tax the crap out of it. Either way, you lose.
Or say that it violates codes or something. Or the gentrified occupants of a neighbourhood will nix it before it starts because they don't want plebes "polluting" their neighbourhood.
Then the solution is simple. Change your government. Elect new leaders.
Yeah, that construction method doesn't meet code or zoning in most municipalities! Trust me, building codes and zoning ordinances are NOT about safety!
Ha on the other hand , they give out tax breaks or money back offers to buy electric ⚡️ cars. Cause it’s saving Mother Earth 🌍 part of the green deal. How’s this not the same? I call BS if they F with it.
They will not allow this to happen until the boomers are dead. Boomers are one of the largest voting blocks and by and large (vs younger generations) own there own home and many have planned their retirement on rental income. If house prices are reduced drastically these voters will be financially vulnerable as a result and will punish any party that puts them in this position. House prices therefore are protected above housing availability as boomers vote, homeless people do not!
See here's the only thing because I'm from the Caribbean where we build with concrete for protection against hurricanes but I see no steel support, as a construction student I've been taught that while concrete is strong in compression its weaker in tension and so steel rebar is used in conjunction to strengthen this property. With that said though at only 4k if your house gets destroyed it shouldn't be that hard to replace 🤣
Or, at only 4K for the cost of the house, maybe one can also afford to buy rebar and get the building-printer to incorporate it.
She's a really good interviewer. Great questions and knows how to listen. Let's the speaker talk without cross-talk or interruptions.
I was thinking the same thing!
That is amazing. If we spread the word, that helps, also.
No way that's only 4 grand in concrete.. add windows, doors, roof, electrical, plumbing. You still couldn't finish that with permits for under 50k. Great technology but misleading on the price.
Mountain Edward
Agreed, 4K just set up the printer!
that's for the shell , the LEAST expensive part of a home....i can build a shell for 1/2 that...it is a groovey idea , but it won't be that cheap for a finished house
Solar is great idea
Not only that , what’s stopping that building from tumbling over ? If they are just pouring concrete on top of concrete , I don’t think that structure will even pass code in many countries.
They make stick houses in America because it's more money for the buider.
It's all about the money. They can make homes more affordable but it's not in the best interest of greedy people.
facts
I remember back in 2006 or so, there was an "Open Source Housing Initiative" that would have also of driven house building cost down... that has gone nowhere. Traditional builders and their inability to innovate are the real problem with housing cost today.
I would completely love to build a house like this on my parent's property (or two houses for that matter), however my township requires at LEAST an 800sq/ft building on the property. It's bullshit.
They're also lighter.
EXACTLYYYYY!!!!!!
Without the "authority" and guns of the government, those Greedy people would have little or no means to inflict that greed the way they do.
You are king for doing this.revolutionizing the industry.
This is awesome gives me hope of owning my own home. Hopefully it keeps moving fwd and nobody gets in the way.
great idea, great implementation, great questions, great answers, great interview(er). yep...i'd gonna get one!
One of the main costs of building with concrete has been the on site work. Even with pre-fab concrete the costs are huge, whilst I believe that they don't necessarily have to be. This system is far more flexible whilst it DOES require some heavy and no doubt expensive equipment.
Learn to fix these things now, it's the future. And it can't be farmed out.
Affordable houses for families that needs a permanent house to build memories that lasts. Continue to provide established perspectives that makes lifetime experiences. Keep raking congratulations and citations for quality, design, and quantity. ICON.
Forget the home, how much does the 3-D printer cost.
Why, are you going buy one?
You can buy one. Call ICON construction, Austin Texas
Get a group together buy land permits n get going it simple
There are many permits and many inspections that add up to a lot of money.
Exactly. A decently sized plot of land could easily host 3 of these houses. You can create a common outside area or even have private backyards.
Simple?
@J OneLife what size are the homes?
@J OneLife and whats the name of the company?
When, When, When, When, When are you coming to Brooklyn, NY.
I'm getting READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lmmfaooooooo I read this in his voice 💀💀😂😂😂😂😭😭. No need to say names. If you know, you know😂😂😂😂😂😂.
This guy is awesome. Wish the best for him these houses I would live in!
That's so awesome!! They need to work with HUD and other programs!!
I love this!! Want one, and want many to help my fellow veterans have a home. But how sturdy and stable are these homes?
Right what i asked how stable and fire and breakin safe are these homes?
Send one to dublin ireland we have a lot of homeless we could definitly use this model thank you for thid invention hope it succeeds ,peace.
I'm sure Paul Hewson could buy a few for Dublin
Just about every city and town in America have outdated rules and regulations that would stop a great idea like this dead in its tracks before it ever gets started. Their being paid under the table by the big housing contractors to keep things just the way are.
I think if you can PROVE it's safe, they won't have a case. In Illinois, there aren't laws on trailers now that I know of. But greedy people charge 2200 a MONTH (????) on a very packed lot full of ugly trailers.
We NEED real estate usury laws.
Awesome finally a company with the future of housing problem solved!
I love it.
Not sure if 3D printing technology is ready for that scale but it's definitely a great potential.
3D printing gets used for High Precision Car parts these days . Squeezing a bit of Concrete in a predetermined pattern is easy enough .
Just need a Big enough Unit for the Job . Preferably Modular for Easy Transport .
Omg I would be blessed to live in one of these with me and my daughter! Looks Amazing!
Next I wanna see them build an apartment tower with a 3-D printer in like a week
If I had the money to be an “Angel Investor,” I would jump on this!
You would lose your money. The bottleneck in housing crisis is not technology but zoning and regulations.
@@alterego157 Unfortunately what you say is true. Therefore we need lobbiest for this to change first before investors can move in.
@@rbr4115 bc i couldn't leave a thumbs up for some reason, i came to leave a comment. Any one in every district in this ever increasing 3rd world country, if they have any inclination, should be involved with this happening. If at all possible
Alhamdulilah we got those angels in the middle east, building whole complexes for homeless families.
Letourneau suggested concrete homes for this issue decades ago.
The issue is labor costs, this requires very little labor and only 1 person to supervise and load more concrete
It's good to know that the prosses still needs people to help build it.
When will we get this kind of housing in southern ca
Never, unfortunately. The construction unions, and the political party they support, would never allow them.
@@oldRoyaltypewriter Democrats!
🏠 NEVER EVER!!! 🏠The democRats are wicked with the environmental folksy... Sadly, one ☝️ Of the reason 🔥 fires are in California. 😭
Nathaniel Carreon we sure need it.
I don't know democrats need to be removed from California then we may have a chance.
I love the look of the homes. I am saving this video.
3D printing is going to explode from here on out. You can 3D print just about anything. This is the first major steps of many. I am excited!
Thank God, someone finally figured they need to fix the housing situation. God bless him a million times over