Places for People, One of the UK’s biggest housing associations, will be delivering hundreds of new modular homes followung a £100,000,000 joint venture.

It is considered the largest modular housing deal yet in Britain.

The chief executive of Places for People; David Cowans said: “This is just the start for offsite manufacturing and as placemakers, we are going to invest even more in modular. We will implement efficient processes and new design techniques which not only raise the bar for the industry – but crucially, give people across the country affordable homes to live in.

“Our partnership is about pioneering a new way of delivering homes and disrupting the market through making socially-responsible decisions and working with best-in-class partners to improve quality, speed up housing delivery and minimise environmental impact.”

In July 2018, a grant was awarded to Places for People to deliver over 2,500 new homes. Partnerships with eight housing associations were forged in all.

Kit Malthouse, the Minister of state for housing, said: “This is excellent news as the UK blazes a trail in the modern methods of construction that are transforming home building.

“Today’s announcement supports our urgent mission to deliver more, better and faster home construction to ensure a new generation can realise the dream of home ownership.”