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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The prefabricated wood-framed building will add 30 units of walk-up apartments priced for middle income renters on Eliza Street in the Hazelwood Green development. A new apartment building built in a ...

Modular housing, or prefabricated homes, has been touted as part of the solution to Australia’s housing crisis, with more and ...