HUD‑Supported Breakthrough Regional Pilots Summit Charts a Scalable Path Forward for Offsite Construction and Housing Supply

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and its strategic partner MOD X convened for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Breakthrough Regional Pilots Summit on April 7, 2026, at the NIBS offices in Washington, DC. The summit brought together six state/regional groups pioneering offsite-construction housing programs, along with federal and industry leaders, to share lessons and strategies to advance offsite construction as a critical approach to increasing housing supply nationwide. A sleeves-rolled-up working summit, focused on program implementation, stress‑testing emerging regional strategies, aligning near‑term actions, and identifying pathways to scale proven approaches. Participating regions shared progress on their diverse regional action plans and pilot programs aimed at accelerating offsite housing delivery while navigating real‑world regulatory, market, and capacity constraints. The summit marked a major milestone in the two-year HUD-funded HUD Breakthrough Regional Pilots Project: Growing Offsite Construction for Housing Through Regional Pilot Projects, led by NIBS and MOD X. "Over the last several years, we have worked first to identify the core barriers to accelerating offsite construction for housing, then to examine the most effective government-led actions at the national level in the U.S. and in peer contexts including Sweden, the European Union, Japan, and the UK. This summit brought...