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Modular builders tell House panel they can cut costs and complete homes faster
Summary
Modular-construction firms and their academic allies told a House subcommittee that off-site, factory-built housing can reduce waste, lower per-unit costs and dramatically shorten construction timelines, but face permitting, code harmonization and financing barriers.
Modular and off-site construction proponents told the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance that factory-built housing can lower costs and deliver homes faster than traditional site-built construction — if federal and state governments help clear regulatory and financing hurdles.
Eric Schafer, chief business development officer at Fading West, described off-site modular construction as a system that builds roughly 90% of a home in a factory, then ships and assembles modules on site. Schafer said the approach reduces on-site waste from about 30% to less than 5% and can cut…
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