Former architecture minister takes aim at housebuilders

By Hamish Champ2019-01-29T06:00:00

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Ed Vaizey says companies are not doing enough to embrace new technology

A former culture minister has slammed UK housebuilders for developing what he labelled “bland, anonymous and low quality” units and urged companies to embrace off-site technology to build more innovative homes across the country.

As the housebuilding sector grapples with the challenges of meeting ambitious government targets – 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s – Tory MP Ed Vaizey said it was “bizarre” that they wouldn’t embrace pre-fabrication “when it could allow them to build better, more cheaply and to a higher standard. I think the public are open to it.”

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