As Los Angeles wildfire survivors look to rebuild, prefabricated and modular homes offer a compelling alternative to traditional construction, especially for those who want to move quickly, stay ...

California legislators have introduced a bipartisan six-bill package aimed at reducing construction costs through expanded use of factory-built housing. The initiative targets zoning, financing, and ...

In January, Ann Peden had just finished step two of a nine-step process to clean up the land where her house used to be. “I’m past the hazardous waste part of it,” she said, speaking on the phone from ...

Join us for a look at TinyFest California, where we explored a variety of tiny homes including school bus conversions, tiny prefab houses, van conversions, and tiny houses on wheels. Highlights ...

The fundamental way most homes are built in America — the labor-intensive process of constructing conventional wood framing on site — hasn’t changed much for more than a century, even though more ...

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LOS ANGELES — Can prefab homes accelerate the rebuilding of Altadena and Pacific Palisades? The new foundation launched by Rick Caruso is hoping it will, announcing on Wednesday a $15-million pledge ...

A nonprofit created by businessman Rick Caruso is partnering with a startup to offer potentially dozens of prefabricated, fire- resistant homes at no cost to low-income residents devastated by the ...

When the Station Fire roared through the Angeles National Forest in 2009, Colleen and Jason Warnesky could see it from the front porch of their Altadena, Calif., home. Eleven years later, the family ...

Tara Barauskas threw a watch party the day the cranes lowered entire living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms onto the 13-unit Berkeley Station housing complex in Santa Monica. The modular units that make ...

He leads revenue growth, sales, marketing, and partnerships for the company, which in 2024 became California’s largest retailer of manufactured homes on permanent foundations. Villa specializes in ...