'Think of these as Lego blocks': Quick-to-build modular homes are being pitched as a potential fix for the housing shortage. Could you live in one?

The one- to three-bedroom units were built and shipped in less than five months, reports CNBC. The broadcaster says FEMA ...
Northern Ontario Business

'I saw a need': Sault builder tackling crisis with modular homes

“When I moved back I saw a need and a demand with our housing crisis to improve the way we build things so that we can ...
CBC on MSN

Modular housing was a hit in Sweden but a bust in the U.S. How will Canada do?

Like Sweden, Japan and the U.S. before it, Canada will start experimenting with scaled-up factory-built housing next year — ...
Commercial Observer

Andrew Staniforth and MaryAnne Gilmartin Plotting a Modular Empire with Assembly OSM

Assembly (n): A group gathered together in one place for a common purpose. If there’s one thing the past two years have taught us, it’s that just because things were done in a certain way for a long ...
The Real Deal

Modular construction firm founded by SHoP principals unveils first apartment

In a warehouse in Harrison, New Jersey, Assembly OSM’s first apartment destined for a real-life project sits waiting. The one-bedroom unit occupies the middle of the weathered space like two puzzle ...
Crain's Cleveland Business

Cleveland announces site for modular homes manufacturing facility

Cleveland aims to construct 5,000 new homes within the next 10 years, using the tens of thousands of vacant lots within city limits. Nearly half of those may eventually be the site for a modular home ...

'Think of these as Lego blocks': Quick-to-build modular homes being considered as potential fix for US housing shortage

That’s where at least one company says it can step in and help. Colorado-based modular homebuilder Fading West claims it can ...