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The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) has \u00a0released a new policy report titled Building More, Building Faster <\/i><\/a>outlining the importance of embracing factory-built homes as a key part of the solution to address Ontario\u2019s ongoing housing supply and affordability crisis. This approach would save time and money during construction, without compromising quality or neighbourhood aesthetics, it says.<\/p>\n Factory-built, or prefabricated housing, is a fast-growing area of homebuilding where homes are constructed in a factory \u2013 often using prefabricated 3D components \u2013 and assembled at their final address. The recently re-elected government of Ontario has recognized the significant potential of this approach, as highlighted in their 2025 Ontario election campaign commitment to invest $50 million into prefabricated homes and innovative homebuilding technologies.<\/p>\n The cost of building, supply chain issues, and economic uncertainty brought on by tariffs are impacting housing construction across the province and beyond. There is a dire need to get more homes to market faster. To fully embrace the benefits of factory-built homes and speed up construction, regulatory barriers need to be addressed, OREA says.<\/p>\n OREA\u2019s new report highlights five policy recommendations that would cut red tape and create favorable conditions for investment to significantly boost factory-built housing construction with \u201cMade-in-Ontario\u201d solutions that can eventually scale nationally:<\/p>\n \u201cNow more than ever, housing affordability needs to be the top priority for the government of Ontario to address, and with precise policies and legislation, we can help scale the housing construction industry and get more families into great, affordable new homes,\u201d said OREA President Cathy Polan. \u201cIt will take strong collaboration with all levels of government and industry to get it done, and the policy recommendations on factory-built housing put forward by Ontario realtors in this report provide the path to getting more homes built, faster.\u201d<\/p>\n For more details on the policy recommendations, click here for the backgrounder<\/a> and here to view the full policy report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n