With supply chain issues contributing to rising costs to build homes, Phoenix-based company Strata International Group said the solution lies in foam houses.

According to a report by Fox 10 Phoenix, Strata has been looking for ways to combat rising lumber prices for 50 years, which led them to the idea of slicing pieces of foam, then gluing it onto other foam to build the structures. The foam homes are then covered with layered concrete, which makes it indistinguishable from other houses.

"This is the only type of construction that makes sense moving forward, due to climate change, due to supply chain," Amir Saebi of Strata International told Fox 10.

Saebi said the houses are "100% breathable, 100% livable. FDA approved and 100% recyclable.” And while lumber continues to get more expensive, Saebi said the cost of foam has largely stayed the same.

"No supply chains in the last year has ever effected us, and no supply chain moving forward are affecting us," he said. "This is a type of product that will make sense to build with, not only because of cost and time frame, but it saves our world by being the most eco-friendly product to work with."

Foam houses can withstand winds of 200 miles per hour, Saebi said, adding that they are virtually earthquake- and hurricane-proof, and are fire resistant. Not only are construction costs 10% to 50% cheaper, but the homes are much more energy efficient, Saebi added.