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MBI Issues Policy Position on Tariffs & Their Impact on Modular Construction. Read the statement here.

homeD: On a Mission to Improve Affordable Housing in Canada

Interior of one of homeD's modular housing units

homeD’s mission is to alleviate homelessness and in British Columbia and they’ve developed unique modular housing products to that end. The company also embraces a strong social justice ethic, providing solutions for marginalized communities who face housing challenges, and is aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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PROMET: Providing Award-Winning Workforce Housing in Chile & Beyond

PROMET’s Campamento Parque Eólico Horizonte Colbún (Horizonte Colbún Wind Farm Camp) won first place for Relocatable Modular Workforce Housing Over 10,000 Sq. Ft. in MBI’s 2023 Awards of Distinction.

South America is a mining powerhouse, producing a substantial amount of the world’s silver, copper, tin, zinc, lithium, and nickel, and the mining industry requires a substantial amount of infrastructure to operate. That infrastructure includes workforce housing and office space that modular builders such as PROMET provide.

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Is Modular + Scattered Sites a Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis?

Dean Dovolis of DJR Architecture is turning the worlds of modular construction and affordable housing on their heads. Instead of stacking modules to create one building, he’s using them to build 16 buildings on 16 different sites, all on the same production run. And he’s partnering with a public agency to do it.

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Affordable Housing Reimagined

That modular building hasn’t already gained more U.S. market share is a source of bewilderment to many. Though the technology has been around for more than 70 years, modular building in the U.S. has never gained as solid a foothold as it has in other societies. But it’s time may finally be here.

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