Shipping containers are being used to make houses in many areas of the United States. In this example, you can easily see the containers.(http://www.icontainers.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/high-cube-container-homes1.jpg)
A home can be beautiful and it is not as obvious that it was made from shipping containers.(https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr05/15/13/enhanced-buzz-8140-1381859769-29.jpg)
Y-town city council would come up with a law outlawing them....
I don't have a problem with using shipping containers for housing, but I don't think they're necessary here. It's likely cheaper--and greener--to buy an existing house. And, we all know that we have a surplus of those.