Trade body says modular homes are 55% less expensive than traditional new builds
The government should allocate 20% of its affordable housing pot to modular housing, according to a new trade body for the modular industry.
Make UK Modular, whose members include Laing O鈥橰ourke and L&G, said if the government backed modular construction 20,000 low energy use homes could be delivered across the UK.
These homes would cost 55% less to heat than the average family house made of brick, the report said, and 32% less than a traditional new build.
Steve Cole, director of Make UK Modular, said: 鈥淕overnment must accelerate modular delivery, building on the investment made and the jobs created, by removing the remaining barriers holding the industry back.鈥�
Make UK Modular said if planning permission were fast-tracked for modular housing, it could create homes twice as fast and 4,000 jobs could be created in 鈥榣eft behind鈥� areas of the UK.
It said modular manufacturers have built factories in post-industrial provincial towns or cities, creating more than 3,000 jobs, and delivering 拢700m of investment to low-growth, low employment areas, the report said.
The findings come after companies have struggled to make modular businesses work. Last month high-rise off-site manufacturing firm Vision Modular systems saw profits fall back by 25% and modular housebuilding venture Urban Splash House fell into administration in May. Last week, L&G Modular revealed it had fallen to its sixth successive loss.
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