Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. Modular ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. When Minneapolis’ housing authority put out a request to build ...

A modular home is a type of prefabricated structure in which most of its sections, or modules, are constructed in a factory-like setting. The components are then shipped off and assembled on the ...

A crane is used to piece together a modular home on a plot in the Capital Region by Farrell Homes, a modular home builder based in Grafton. Janine Smith had a plot of land and big plans to build a new ...

The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home ...

Modular building, if brought to scale, has the potential to reduce construction costs and make building new homes more affordable, especially in areas experiencing severe affordable housing shortages.

Modular building could reduce construction costs, making building new homes more affordable. Modular building, a method for rapidly constructing housing stock, offers a solution to alleviate the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. From the heavy use of raw materials to logistics and ...

A rendering of what a new modular home may look like when set up in Clark-Fulton or Buckeye in the next year or two. Credit: City of Cleveland They’re supposedly cleaner to build. They’re cheaper to ...

Tim Fisher purchased a Vermod ultra-energy-efficient modular home in 2017 for his disabled adult son and a live-in caretaker. He wanted an “instant house” that would be affordable, environmentally ...

There are lots of startups now working on modular home design. Among the most interesting is Cover, a seven-year-old, LA-based company that says it manufactures fully complete wall, floor and roof ...