Richard Lyall is president of RESCON, the Residential Construction Council of Ontario. He has represented Ontario's building industry since 1991. To contact him, reach out to [email protected].
With 5.8 million new homes needed in Canada by 2031, and the homebuilding sector increasingly under the gun to produce more units, it is time to look towards offsite construction , argues RESCON President Richard Lyall .With 5.8 million new homes needed in Canada by 2031, and the homebuilding sector increasingly under the gun to produce more units, it is time to look towards offsite construction .
In Ontario, the recent fall economic statement indicated that the province is falling further behind the target of producing 1.5 million homes over 10 years by 2031 and is no longer expected to hit its target for this year. This is where offsite construction comes in. To simplify the homebuilding process, we would begin manufacturing new homes the same way we mass produce cars, cellphones, or electronic gadgets.
In 1965, the government there implemented a 10-year program to build one million affordable homes for citizens and exceeded that figure.
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