When it comes to building huge amounts of homes in a short amount of time, every country is starting to realize that to achieve it, they must embrace offsite and modular construction. The lack of skilled labor to build onsite housing has been a problem and will only get worse as young people are disinterested in working at a job site.
Plans to build 20,000 low-carbon social homes for rent in Wales by 2026 have been set out by the Welsh government’s climate change minister.
The hope is to tackle both a housing shortage and the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Housing associations say it could lead to thousands of jobs and training opportunities. All the houses will meet what the government describes as “bold, new quality and environmental standards.”
Some could even become miniature power stations, using green technology to generate more electricity than they need. This could then be exported to the national grid to supply other homes.
Spending on social housing for rent in 2021-22 is to be doubled, with ministers committing £250m to the project.
Bethan Proctor, policy and external affairs manager at Community Housing Cymru, said it was a “hugely significant” move.
“It’s really going to allow housing associations to begin to decarbonize at pace and scale and will have huge positive impacts.”
These could include the creation of 7,000 jobs and 3,000 training opportunities and help produce almost £2bn of economic output in Wales over the next five years, she claimed.
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