Some families choose to stay in the container in Shanghai, China. The containers, which provide shelter for families who can not afford proper housing, are leased out at 500 yuan (USD80) per month for one container. Even though these people have shelter and fare better than those without, there is still no proper insulation against the cold in winter months.

Living conditions are dark, and families have to rely on artificial light when inside the containers because of the lack of windows cut into the containers.

The little girl's jacket is a bright contrast to the dreary landscape of rusty shipping containers.

Some families try to build a semblance of a home by tiling their 'front yard', adding steps and erecting dividers as fences. They also ingeniously add transparent sliding doors to let natural light in during the day while maintaining some privacy.

Mother and son share a quick meal outside the shipping containers. The painted red sign reads 'scrap metal recovery'.

A young boy peers curiously from behind the screen door in his shipping container home. Despite it being the day, the containers are dark and grim.

 Families have to be organized to fit their different living spaces into the narrow container. Here, a family arranges the kitchen alongside their bed and puts hooks along the wall to keep things off the floor, saving precious space

 The stacked containers cast long shadows onto the street. Residents can benefit, especially at night, if street lamps were to be installed.