Midlands authority targets 50% modular homes figure

By Jordan Marshall2019-03-13T12:31:00

West Midlands Combined Authority says method will transform brownfield sites

The man in charge of housing at the West Midlands Combined Authority has said he wants to see half of the thousands of new homes the group is planning to build in the next decade constructed offsite.

Gareth Bradford, who is the head of housing and regeneration at the authority, told Building at this week’s Mipim property show: “Councils in the Midlands are pushing for offsite and we really want the region to be the ‘centre of UK modular’.”

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