San Diego became the first city in the region Tuesday to allow homeowners to install movable “tiny houses” in their back yards. City Council members said before unanimously approving a tiny houses ordinance that tiny houses will help solve the local housing crisis by...
Offsite modular construction not only cuts costs and construction times but also benefits people and the planet. by James Wilson The modular construction approach—in which a building’s large-scale modularized components are prefabricated in an offsite manufacturing...
What, exactly, is a modular home? A modular home is one that is built indoors in a factory-like setting. The finished products are covered and transported to their new locations, where they are assembled by a builder. A modular home is not a mobile home; it is...
The manufactured housing industry is full of innovative products and produces new advances every year. However, due in part to outdated stereotypes that still sometimes persist, not everyone is familiar with the real facts about manufactured homes. That’s beginning to...
Prefabricated modular housing can address the affordable housing crisis in a revolutionary way. It’s time to acknowledge and invest in the promise of factory-built housing once again. Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Nigel Wilson, group...
As more and more developers get accustomed to the process, use of modular construction is expected to increase. Commercial real estate experts forecast increasing demand for modular construction in the healthcare, industrial, education and multifamily sectors. “If...
