Until businesses create satellite offices or encourage remote work, build more houses becomes build more traffic jams. Unless they’re building smaller apartments or condos in the larger cities, and I can’t these being affordable for families. There’s lots and lots of land to house people but job distribution is lumpy as hell.
duxup · 9h ago
I'm glad they acknowledge the costs can be higher in this article and some of the specific use cases where this process might work best.
Often the various forms of prefab homes news is very "gee whiz this is the future" type news where they promise lower costs, but outside specific situations I don't think that has proven to be the case.
sleepyguy · 8h ago
The issue is incredibly complicated. There is little to no infrastructure outside of major population centers. The cost of land in cities makes it unreasonable to build anything but Condo towers. Investment in transportation of any type to rural towns or even smaller cities is non-existent. A network of roads and rail to move people quickly would open up vast areas to affordable housing. Unfortunately, the government/bureaucracy at all levels doesn't have the desire/ability to meet the challenges, the entire system is dysfunctional. An example, adding a subway stop or an extra lane to a highway, can take decades in Canada.
Often the various forms of prefab homes news is very "gee whiz this is the future" type news where they promise lower costs, but outside specific situations I don't think that has proven to be the case.