§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) if new modular homes will be available to people on low wages in the private sector; [57274]
(2) how many new modular homes will be built; and what estimate he has made of their average price. [57273]
§ Ms KeebleThe Government recognise that there is an urgent and growing need to assist the number of key workers and others on intermediate incomes who cannot afford to rent or buy in high demand areas where house prices have risen sharply over the last few years. We are looking at a number of options for helping overcome this problem, including the potential to increase housing supply quickly by using the modular unit construction techniques as illustrated by the Peabody Trust scheme at Murray Grove, Hackney.
The Government do not hold costings on modular build.