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Off-Site Construction, Modular, and Manufactured Home Vermont Industry Survey

Survey to assess the state of Vermont's off-site construction industry - Open July 15 - August 15

A consortium of state funders seeks to document the off-site construction, modular, and manufactured home production initiatives serving Vermont’s residential housing market. This survey welcomes responses from initiatives or businesses that are operational and/or in development and to-be launched. If you own or are working on a business or initiative involving off-site construction, panelized, modular, modular ADU, or manufactured home production for installation in Vermont, we hope you will take some time to complete the survey below.

The Survey will be open from July 15 - August 15

The survey has 29 questions, and will take around 15 minutes to complete, There is a mix of multiple choice and narrative response questions.

Responses will be summarized in a future report in a way that does not does not focus on individual responses.

Please contact Seth Leonard at sleonard@vhfa.org with any additional questions or comments about this survey.
1.Please identify the name of your company or initiative
2.Please share your name and preferred contact (email or phone number)
3.When was your company or initiative founded? If your initiative or company is in development, please share the date you expect to launch.
4.Where is your company or initiative located? Please identify both town and state.
5.Please describe your service area and market, with particular attention to the regions within Vermont that you serve or are interested in serving. For example, notate if you serve a particular region of Vermont, multiple states, etc.
6.How many employees do you have?
7.How would you identify your product or business? Please select all that apply.
8.What are the typical sizes of the homes or ADUs you build? Please include square food ranges, and bedroom configurations.
9.To what extent are the homes you produce customized (as opposed to produced from a pre-established design)? Describe the typical level of customization.
10.Do you provide a finished home? (examples include drywall, flooring, and mechanicals, but exclusive of site work)
11.Do you provide kits or build components that go into a finished home?
12.Do you install and finish the home on site yourself?
13.Who is your customer base? Please apply the percentage of your business that go through the following options:
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Individual Homebuyers seeking primary residences
Purchasers of Accessory Dwelling Units
Developers constructing multi-home or rental home projects
14.How many homes do you estimate your company/initiative has produced through off-site construction over its entire history?
15.How many homes built through off-site construction have you placed in the past 3 years?
16.How many homes does your current manufacturing capacity permit you to build per year using off-site construction?
17.How would you describe the demand for your product(s)?
18.Do you have plans to increase production in the next three years? If yes, please describe the steps you will be taking and the production levels you expect to achieve.
19.What are your current per square foot costs for construction from a typical unit, without consideration of site costs?
20.Please describe your key material cost drivers
21.Do you have difficulty hiring and maintaining workers?
22.What are the key constraints/barriers for producing more homes? Please identify if your constraints are financial, regulatory, or market based. Also please clarify if these constraints are related to transient or fluctuating factors (such as mortgage interest rates) or long-standing issues.
23.Have you accessed state, federal or local government funding for operational, planning or capital support in the past 5 years? If yes, please describe
24.If you are producing any form of completed prefabricated home (e.g., volumetric modular or manufactured housing or other prefabricated), how would you describe the level of Energy Efficiency in your homes?
25.If you are producing kits or panels that are used in traditional residential construction projects, please describe the level of Energy Efficiency in your homes?
26.Are there specific state and federal resources or policies you would like to see addressed? Examples could include financial resources for business planning or construction or expansion of an off-site factory, changes to state building codes or inspection processes, or support for more innovative or energy-efficient designs.
27.How confident are you in the health and strength of the market for off-site construction in Vermont in the next 3-5 years?
28.Would you be open to being contacted by VHFA or a partner to discuss this topic?
29.Would you like to add anything else for us to consider?
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