Earlier this year, the Canadian government released a new housing plan aimed at building more homes and addressing housing unaffordability. As part of that plan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that $600 million in funding will be provided to build homes cheaper and quicker using “innovative technologies.”
The funding is earmarked for building more housing, including prefab and modular homes, by automating processes and using materials like mass timber construction, robotics and 3D printing.
With the possibility of accelerating house delivery and lowering environmental impacts, this investment marks major progress toward addressing Canada’s housing crisis. Modern methods of construction (MMC), like those the government is funding, aim to improve efficiency, sustainability and affordability in the building sector using innovative technologies.
