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	Podcast:		Marketplace Tech with Molly Wood
	Episode:		Affordable-housing hopes are building around 3D printed homes
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:10:50
	Publish Date:		2023-01-19 10:52:19
	Description:		To make housing more affordable in the U.S., we need more of it. Millions of additional units, by most estimates. This shortage of housing has a range of complex causes, but the high cost of construction — which rose even further thanks to pandemic-driven labor and supply constraints — is definitely not helping. An idea from the tech world holds the potential to make the building process more efficient: 3D printing. Startups have been experimenting with the technology in large-scale construction, and now there’s a push to take it mainstream. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with journalist Rachel Monroe, who took a deep dive into the topic in this week’s issue of The New Yorker.
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