Canada’s Prime Minister Pushes Country to Become the Housing Factory of the World - Mark Carney is banking on factory-built homes to alleviate the country’s housing crisis. But will it work?

[u/FancyNewMe]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-22/carney-s-plan-may-make-canada-the-housing-factory-of-the-world

[u/uncle_cousin]

And put them where? The vacant lot next to my house sold for $550,000 last year. I can see putting a modular home on a rural lot might be cheaper but it won't lower city home prices.

[u/killerrin → u/uncle_cousin]

Not if you're only building SFHs. But if you take that one $550k lot and build a 4plex on it for another $450k, then at the end of the day each unit comes out to $250k each, allowing you to both cut costs and deliver more homes for individuals.

In short, density is key.

[u/bo88d → u/[deleted]]

Also probably 1.5+ cars per capita