A taskforce set up to ensure the continued delivery of housing in the wake of the coronavirus crisis has called for direct public investment in modern methods of construction to help retain capacity for homebuilding.

The Covid-19 Housing Delivery Taskforce set up by London’s deputy mayor for housing, Tom Copley (pictured, left), also said that the Greater London Authority and local councils need to work together to procure “precision manufactured homes” at much greater scale in order to give manufacturers the confidence that a market for their products exists.

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