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Why Do We Build Houses in the Same Way That We Did 125 Years Ago?
The tantalizing potential of factory-built housing, also known as modular housing, continues to attract investors and entrepreneurs, including a start-up called Fading West that opened a factory in 2021 in the Colorado mountain town of Buena Vista.
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America’s housing inventory has plunged to its lowest level in at least 20 years; the country is now short by nearly 7 million units. Entrepreneur Charlie Chupp’s solution: factory-built housing firm Fading West Development, which can build a modular three-bedroom home four to five times faster than a builder can finish a traditional stick-built house. Fading West delivers prebuilt homes 95% complete, thereby reducing costs (its homes are at least 25% cheaper than similar homes on the market). The goal, says CEO Chupp, is “to create attainable housing” for those who are suffering “the brunt of the housing shortage.”
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Fading West and Town of Buena Vista Break Ground on Midland Apartments AKA Carbonate Street
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Wyoming Boomtown: With 12,000 Workers Expected, Kemmerer Looks To Modular Housing
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Town of BV, Fading West, partners break ground on Carbonate Street
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Colorado’s governor tours Habitat for Humanity’s new development in Eagle
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Sawtooth II housing project finalized
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Carbonate Street to break ground April 1
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Resort Towns Need to Get Serious About Affordable Housing
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Polis Administration Announces Modular Housing Incentives
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Simplifying Manufacturing with Air Casters
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Village at Spruce Hill homes hit the market
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A modular home community near Telluride may become a national model.
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Craig Housing Authority breaks ground on townhomes
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Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley breaks ground on 16-unit project in Eagle
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This Colorado mountain town is producing the future of workforce housing
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Modular Construction Could Ease Colorado’s Housing Affordability Crisis
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Factory in Buena Vista rolling affordable homes off an assembly line
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Gov. Jared Polis touts factory-built homes as part of affordable housing solution
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To fill hundreds of empty snowplow seats, CDOT plans to offer state-owned housing to drivers
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New Pinion Park housing project already attracting qualified buyers Item
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Fading West Development building on a budget
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Solving the affordable housing crisis in Colorado and beyond.
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“The future of housing” takes shape at Buena Vista factory
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Modular housing is getting a second look as Colorado confronts a lack of affordable homes
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Fading West Plant Offers Housing Hope for a County in Desperate Need of Workforce Housing
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To help fill the affordable housing gap, a Buena Vista project is creating inventory — one giant box at a time
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Fading West Development Addressing Housing Crisis in Buena Vista and Beyond
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