B.C. looks to build faster, cheaper rental homes with prefabricated units
Dan Fumano: B.C. looks to build faster, cheaper rental homes with prefabricated units
'We'll do a condo an hour,' said Chris Naychuk of Mitsui Home Canada, a builder of prefabricated homes.
That sounds promising. I'm, naively, hoping it will have an impact on the prices for all and not a certain group of people w/ certain income ranges.
I truly hope this works for a significant number of people-- I do love the pre-fab angle to speed things up -- but if they're building for denser occupancy than before, is there a plan to prevent private interests from buying up the units to resell them?
Precisely. That's the thing that I've been thinking.
The other thing, which I've seen in other countries happen, is to aim for speed and quantity at the cost of quality which can have plenty of nasty safety and social impacts.
I'd have elaborated more on the "social side" but I just can't find a way to talk about that w/o sounding like a condescending a-hole, esp given my little knowledge on the topic 😂
It absolutely is promising! You too can have your very own 300x300 ft. space all for a jaw dropping $1500 a month (heat and hot water only)! What a deal! Who needs a "house" when you can live in a shoebox for twice the price! Order today and we'll throw in nothing because fuck you and your need to live over my moneys!
These have been "right around the corner" for over. decade it seems. With no real world impact.
Just do it start yesterday. we need pre-approved up zoning to allow people to upgrade their homes into multiplexing similar to the old Vancouver special
Why will this have a tangible impact on home prices when it is the land that is driving up all the costs?