In an effort to increase the supply of affordable homes, Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity has started building modular houses in some neighborhoods.
The organization finished its first two-story modular home in the city of Rochester last week. It’s located on Cedarwood Terrace in the Beechwood neighborhood.
Prefabricated homes cost less to build, and the construction timeline is less than half of what it would be for a conventionally constructed home, according to Clayton Cloen, Habitat’s interim executive director…