Who will be the Builders? Modular’s Role in Solving the Housing Labour Crisis

This report from Make UK Modular highlights the scale of the labour market crisis facing construction, and the housebuilding sector in particular.

Modular Impact report

Launched in December 2021 Make Modular is the voice of the UK’s modular housing manufacturers. Find out how we’re driving change. Read our first ever Impact Report.

About Make UK Modular

Make UK Modular is the voice of modular’ – the most advanced form of housing construction in the United Kingdom. Make UK: Modular was founded in 2021 and has grown to include Ilke Homes, L&G Modular Homes, Top Hat, Laing O’Rourke, Vision Modular and Stelling Properties.

‘Volumetric’ modular is pioneering the next generation of buildings. We enable the building of new houses and apartments at scale, with inspiring design, employ cutting edge technology for construction and living, while creating the most sustainable buildings on earth. By building factories in areas of low economic activity we create thousands of jobs to help the nation level up.

The UK housing market is still running on 19th-century technology and practices. In no other major industry has industrialisation been so slow to take place. With substantial private equity investment from the likes of Goldman Sachs, L&G and TDR Capital, modular housing can transform UK housing and deliver better quality new homes, faster and more efficiently than traditional build.

About Make UK Modular

Make UK Modular is the voice of modular’ – the most advanced form of housing construction in the United Kingdom. Make UK: Modular was founded in 2021 and has grown to include Ilke Homes, L&G Modular Homes, Top Hat, Laing O’Rourke, Vision Modular and Stelling Properties.

‘Volumetric’ modular is pioneering the next generation of buildings. We enable the building of new houses and apartments at scale, with inspiring design, employ cutting edge technology for construction and living, while creating the most sustainable buildings on earth. By building factories in areas of low economic activity we create thousands of jobs to help the nation level up.

The UK housing market is still running on 19th-century technology and practices. In no other major industry has industrialisation been so slow to take place. With substantial private equity investment from the likes of Goldman Sachs, L&G and TDR Capital, modular housing can transform UK housing and deliver better quality new homes, faster and more efficiently than traditional build.

About Make UK Modular

Make UK Modular is the voice of modular’ – the most advanced form of housing construction in the United Kingdom. Make UK: Modular was founded in 2021 and has grown to include Ilke Homes, L&G Modular Homes, Top Hat, Laing O’Rourke, Vision Modular and Stelling Properties.

‘Volumetric’ modular is pioneering the next generation of buildings. We enable the building of new houses and apartments at scale, with inspiring design, employ cutting edge technology for construction and living, while creating the most sustainable buildings on earth. By building factories in areas of low economic activity we create thousands of jobs to help the nation level up.

The UK housing market is still running on 19th-century technology and practices. In no other major industry has industrialisation been so slow to take place. With substantial private equity investment from the likes of Goldman Sachs, L&G and TDR Capital, modular housing can transform UK housing and deliver better quality new homes, faster and more efficiently than traditional build.

Make UK Modular is the voice of the UK's largest and most advanced manufacturers of volumetric modular homes.

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