When Factories Start Building Houses, Which Trades Get Hit First

Podcast: The Deconstruction Podcast · Jobtable

Opublikowano: 2026-09-17

Mattamy's founder is putting a fully automated factory in the Toronto area with a target of 3,000 housing units a year. If that works, the labour bill on a new build drops by roughly $60,000 a house. That money is coming out of somebody's pocket, and if you swing a hammer for a living, it might be yours. Kosta and Johny game this one out. How long until the factories are actually producing at scale, which trades get squeezed first, whether the savings ever reach the homebuyer, and what happens when a company like Amazon looks at the model...