The world needs two billion new homes in the next 80 years, the World Economic Forum said in 2018. The United States needs 3.8 million additional new homes just to meet existing consumer demand, ...

Construction prices have spiked about 33 percent in Vermont since last year, driving up the price of new homes and remodeling projects — and squelching the development of middle-income housing. It now ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes called “Lego housing”, prefabricated modular housing comes with many benefits due to its unique build process. The workflow usually involves the design occurring upfront before the modules ...

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 ...

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 ...

The staff and volunteers at Morris Habitat for Humanity are used to breaking new ground. But this time, they are breaking new ground without a shovel. Despite interruptions due to the COVID-19 ...

Urban, market-rate housing that lower-income workers can actually afford is one of our country’s biggest needs. For multifamily designers, this challenge presents several opportunities for creating ...

Modular construction, also known as prefabrication, is rapidly emerging as a transformative trend in the construction industry. This innovative approach involves assembling building components ...

GOODFIELD, Ill. — With continued supply chain delays and labor shortages, demand for new home construction over the past two years has drastically outpaced supply. But one slice of the industry that ...