NewsHUD spotlights New York and New Jersey modular and manufactured home builders
Federal housing officials visited new modular structures on the National Mall. New York and New Jersey companies showed cheaper ways to build homes. These new building methods aim to lower high construction costs. Better technology could soon help families find affordable housing faster.
Step onto the National Mall in Washington and you will see the future of homebuilding standing right on the grass. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development just wrapped up its sixth annual Innovative Housing Showcase, putting American builders and new technologies front and center for three straight days.
Region II Administrator Jason Loughran and Senior Advisor Barbara Gruson walked the rows of full-scale models to inspect fresh ideas coming straight out of New York and New Jersey. These regional companies brought scale models, automated wall sections, and whole new ways to think about putting a roof over a family's head.
Assembly OSM from New York brought modular structure models built on predesigned elements meant to assemble quickly and cut costs. Right next to them, the Center for Offsite Construction at the New York Institute of Technology introduced a digital file format that describes an entire purchasable housing unit in one place.
Down from New York, New Jersey innovator Verustruct displayed a model wall section built using automated formwork and robotics. Cavco Homes and UMH Properties, also from New Jersey, showcased The Grande Arbor, which is a two-bedroom manufactured home built to the federal housing code without using a permanent steel chassis.
Federal housing leaders want these new technologies to speed up construction timelines and tackle the nationwide housing crunch. When builders can put up houses faster using modular pieces and robotics, the total price to build drops significantly.
For anyone trying to buy a home or build a new property in the tristate area, these innovations point toward cheaper materials and faster timelines in the near future. Keep an eye on how local builders start using factory-made modules to cut down your next framing bill.