September 30, 2024

Purdue Looks at Advanced Factory Building Practices

The Center for High Performance Buildings at Purdue University is about two years into a project that strives for more efficient ways to incorporate vital systems within a factory built home.


June 21, 2024

Next-Generation Factory-Built Housing Proposal Named NSF Regional Innovation Engines Program Semifinalist

In a transformative partnership, the University of Michigan will collaborate with Purdue University, Michigan State University, Notre Dame, and others to spearhead an innovative proposal for Next-Generation Factory-Built Housing (NextHouse).


June 7, 2024

NEXTHOUSE Initiative Aspires to Advance Factory-Built Modular Housing

Purdue University’s vision for factory-built modular housing takes a step forward with construction of a prototyping and testing facility.


June 4, 2024

NextHouse: creating the next generation of factory-built housing

The U.S. housing market is in crisis, due to a lack of affordable housing and a shortage of labor and materials to build them. Purdue University has a solution: NextHouse, an initiative to develop the next generation of factory-built housing.


January, 2024

The National Science Foundation announced 44 Regional Innovation Engines development awards, including $1 million to the NextHouse Consortium to help grow a next-generation factory-built housing industry in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.