Overcoming Barriers To Bringing Off-Site Construction To Scale

July 17, 2019

The need for affordable housing is on the rise. Nationwide, more than 10 million renter households are severely cost burdened – that is, they spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing. Through our Expanding the Supply of Affordable Homes research initiative, the Enterprise Policy Development and Research team has identified the use of design and construction innovations as a particularly promising approach to help expand the supply, contain the cost and improve the quality of affordable housing development.

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