A 3D-printed home for the holidays

• It took just 28 hours to print the exterior walls of the 1,200-square-foot, 3-bedroom, 2-bath home, shaving at least four weeks off standard construction methods.
• It's the first home owned by April Stringfield, who invested 300 hours of sweat equity with Habitat to qualify.

The big picture: 3D-printing technology is transforming the homebuilding process to help solve an affordable housing crisis as well as a shortage of skilled labor and rising material costs.

• Zachary Mannheimer founded Alquist in 2020 and partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help solve the rural housing crisis.

Editors' note: This story has been corrected to reflect the amount of time it took to print portions of the Habitat for Humanity home.