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An Onatrio based modular home builder is responding to the local housing crisis with affordable modular solutions.
ANC Modular, which is based in Brantford, Ontario is manufacturing modular homes in a new 6,689 sq m facility, with the homes being built to fulfil four local contracts
ANC Modular is scheduled to build a CAD$5.5-million, 25-unit modular housing development on vacant municipal land, and in January, it was chosen to build a “tiny home” project on city-owned property. The project will feature four self-contained units of 27.87 sq m placed together to look like a single-family home. It was ANC Modular’s first home contract and the first such contract to be awarded by the city.
They also have contracts for projects with the housing authority on Six Nations of the Grand River for a townhome development and with Brantford Native Housing for an infill project on a vacant parcel of land on Leonard Street.
“Everybody needs housing and, right now, there is a huge demand for affordable housing,” said ANC president Andrew Neill.
“We’re going to be looking at long-term care facilities and other applications but, right now, our focus is on affordable housing to meet local demand.”
The city says there are 1,700 households on a waitlist for affordable housing. Almost 70 per cent are seniors and single people without dependents. Those people can wait up to 10 years for an affordable housing unit to become available.
ANC Modular provides an array of services, including real estate development, construction management and custom homes, and the move to modular homes came after Neill read a newspaper article and began working on a prototype.
“What you’re looking at right now is a bachelor unit,” Neill said of a modular home built to show visitors and prospective clients.
It’s 30 sq m with 2.8m ceilings, and features a kitchen with a microwave oven, a three-piece bathroom with a shower, a bed and a small sitting area. The units are made of steel and can be easily transported.
Units can be stacked up to eight storeys and can sit side-by-side to create a two-bedroom unit. They can be constructed to accommodate those with physical challenges.
“They’re innovative and more than adequate for their use,” Neill said of the homes. “We can build them cost effectively, we can build them quickly and they’re of high quality.”
The size of the manufacturing facility permits several homes to be built at once.
Work is about to start on a prototype for an upscale residential unit, which can also be used for long-term care homes.
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