In 1976, homes under 1,400 square feet made up a third of new construction; by 2020, that number had fallen to 7%. Gene Eidelman arrived in the U.S. as a refugee from the former Soviet Union, got his real estate license within a year, and sold $100 million in property within three years. He's since built thousands of homes and co-founded Azure Printed Homes, which 3D-prints houses from recycled plastic in weeks instead of months. America is short roughly 10 million homes, he says, and the real fix isn't more supply of any size — it's smaller, factory-built homes people can actually afford. He also breaks down why factory-built housing carries a stigma in the U.S. that Japan and Scandinavia never developed.

Timestamps:

  • (00:00) First deal ever – A refugee closes $100M in three years
  • (03:07) The tiny home test – His son loves living in 200 square feet
  • (05:26) Ten million homes short – That number already undercounts the real shortage
  • (07:39) The trailer stigma – Why factory-built homes still read as cheap here


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