Newfoundland and Labrador needs more houses, and one advocate says it’s going to take a multi-pronged approach to boost construction. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIn 2012, when the housing construction sector was “booming,” she said housing starts were 3,885. “We also need to remove the barriers to factory built homes, one of which includes financial institutions not offering proper construction financing products for modular homes,” Rogers said. Housing Minister Joedy Wall says the province is looking at different types of housing builds, including modular homes and micro-units. It's not as easy as just saying, ‘OK, let's build 1,000 modular homes.’ There's so many barriers to that,” Rogers said.

Source: CBC News January 03, 2026 14:21 UTC