The P.E.I. government is hoping to attract a private company to set up shop on the Island and build modular housing units.
In a request for expressions of interest issued Friday, the province said it would offer support for that in the form of providing a government-owned site that could be used to house the facility.
The province said the facility could also qualify for financial incentives through existing programs.
According to the EOI document, the company would have to be prepared to dedicate the majority of its production to the P.E.I. market for five years.
Expanding the production of pre-fabricated homes in P.E.I. was included as one of the goals in the province’s housing strategy, released in February.
The strategy also highlights the need to push ahead with more projects that utilize the modular units “to realize the benefits of efficient construction, use of materials, labour and energy.”
