Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covers the future of sustainable, resilient and affordable housing. In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, more attention is ...

For Module, a Pittsburgh-based manufacturing start-up that hopes to build affordable housing, the key to growth is keeping things close to home. The company designs single-family homes that are built ...

Moving a wall of the home from the production area to storage, to be used later on the rail system shown, in the factory of Apex Homes, in Middleburg, Pa. on Oct. 12.Evan Angelastro for TIME Senior ...

Housing in the D.C. area isn’t affordable, in part because there isn’t enough, but also because the cost of materials and labor is high. But a Pittsburgh company on the receiving end of a multimillion ...

Modular homes — which are homes built mostly off-site, then completed after being delivered — are increasingly popping up ...

This year, Philadelphia-based modular manufacturer and construction manager Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) is on track to produce somewhere between 800,000 and 1 million sf of modules for the ...

Modular design and construction has been around for decades, yet evaluating its long-term viability for multifamily is complex. Some indicators suggest that modular is steadily gaining traction in the ...

New Government plans will allow homeowners to build modular homes in their back gardens without planning permission and rent them out for up to €14,000 a year tax-free. Cabinet approved the exemption ...

One of Australia’s biggest developers has started a landmark trial building homes in record time, with Mirvac eyeing the fast modular construction business but there’s a catch. In Cobbitty, a boom ...

Modular housing, or prefabricated homes, has been touted as part of the solution to Australia’s housing crisis, with more and more Aussies steering away from traditional builds and opting for more ...