MODULAR HOMES MAKE IDEAL HABITATS
February 17th, 2010 by Excel TeamFile Under: General
In a growing trend, Habitat for Humanity chapters throughout the nation have been turning to modular housing to fill the need for durable and affordable housing built fast.
Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake in Baltimore is using modular homes to fill a vacant lot in East Baltimore. Another perk inner city Habitat chapters are realizing is that modular construction can be used to fill narrow vacant lots quickly and more efficiently than stick-built construction methods.
The excerpt below from the Baltimore Sun summarizes one of the biggest benefits of modular construction: shorter construction schedules.
Habitat expects that all nine houses will be in place by Saturday morning. The painting, landscaping and other finishing work will be done by volunteers over nine days, the last scheduled in October.
Compared to the rowhouse renovations that Habitat typically does in Baltimore, that’s light speed.
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