--- description: Find out why Fading West was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Fading West image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64f54838f24f20a1/698a3031457a521c84d6641b/T100-Companies-P-Fading-West.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Mar 30, 2022 # Fading West Development building on a budget by [Abby Vesoulis](/author/abby-vesoulis/) ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Fading West's factory-produced homes are shipped to their permanent location at costs of up to 25% cheaper than comparable traditionally-built homes, making homes more accessible during a housing crisis. Fading West's factory-produced homes are shipped to their permanent location at costs of up to 25% cheaper than comparable traditionally-built homes, making homes more accessible during a housing crisis.Fading West America’s housing inventory has plunged to its lowest level in at least 20 years; the country is now short by nearly 7 million units. Entrepreneur Charlie Chupp’s solution: factory-built housing firm Fading West Development, which can build a modular three-bedroom home four to five times faster than a builder can finish a traditional stick-built house. Fading West delivers prebuilt homes 95% complete, thereby reducing costs (its homes are at least 25% cheaper than similar homes on the market). The goal, says CEO Chupp, is “to create attainable housing” for those who are suffering “the brunt of the housing shortage.” _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159461/fading-west/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159461/fading-west/"},"headline":"Fading West","datePublished":"2022-03-30T10:23:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:01:29.039Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159461/fading-west/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies","T100Companies2022","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64f54838f24f20a1/698a3031457a521c84d6641b/T100-Companies-P-Fading-West.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Vesoulis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/"}],"creator":"Abby Vesoulis","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64f54838f24f20a1/698a3031457a521c84d6641b/T100-Companies-P-Fading-West.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159461/fading-west/","name":"Fading West"}}]}] ```