Tiny homes could prove to be part of the solution to the affordable housing crunch in P.E.I.
Don ProcterPHOTO COURTESY CAPEI - From left to right, Sam Sanderson, general manager of the Construction Association of PEI, Robert Haggis, principal at SableARC, and Matthew Mackay, P.E.I.’s minister of social development and housing, look at drawings of a tiny house that’s being built by students in CAPEI’s Discover Carpentry Program, an eight-week pre-apprenticeship course.They can be built quickly at a modest cost and still be energy efficient.
The goal is to have the house completed and ready for delivery by truck and trailer at the end of April. The site for the house and 29 others to follow has yet to be announced by the province, says Sam Sanderson, general manager of the CAPEI. Building the 300-square-foot net-zero homes was an easy shift for CAPEI, which had been running an eight-week course training young people how to construct eight-by-10 utility sheds.
Sanderson says a positive takeaway is that the construction association is training new workers how to build an energy efficient home from the beginning of their careers in the field.“We are using materials that are readily available and do not need to be premanufactured because the lead time can be so long.”
At CAPEI’s training centre the students are taught by association staff which includes Red Seal certified carpenters. Graduating students get 240 hours towards their apprenticeship, says Sanderson.
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