It has announced a 拢45m investment in modular housing as part of a new construction strategy called 鈥楻eimagining social house building in Wales鈥�, published this week.
拢20m is being made available for offsite fabricators looking to construct social housing. This investment is designed to help and encourage companies to develop off-site manufacture (OSM) supply chains, factories and training schools.
A further 拢25m is being made available for round four of the Welsh government鈥檚 鈥榠nnovative housing programme鈥�, which will focus on housing delivered using modular components.
The Welsh government hopes that adopting industrialised mass production techniques will enable councils to get new housing more quickly.
Housing minister Julie James said: 鈥淏uilding more social and affordable homes is a key priority for the Welsh government. Over the last four years, this Welsh government has invested 拢2bn in new housing across Wales, as part of our ambition to deliver 20,000 affordable homes by 2021. But we want to build more. And we want to build better. The significant investment we鈥檙e making in the modular housing industry will enable us to do that.鈥�
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