Mezzo Homes is a leading manufacturer of prefabricated, fully furnished homes ideally suited for transitional housing. From their plant near Selkirk, they build innovative ready-to-move (RTM) homes that can be shipped by road or rail to nearly anywhere for on-site installation. In recent years, they have focused on creating “microcommunities” of 10-to-50 houses, primarily for transitional housing in Manitoba’s First Nations communities. In Canada, the need for transitional housing is enormous – the country is facing a critical shortage of transitional housing units, with the gap projected to rise to nearly 100,000 units by 2030. This crisis disproportionately impacts Indigenous communities, which already face housing shortages. Jason Vitt – the founder and president of Mezzo Homes, and a proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation – formed the company in 2018 partly to help address that growing crisis. These days, Mezzo Homes builds about 40 units annually at the plant, just north of Selkirk. Because their homes are manufactured indoors in a controlled environment, the company is able to produce them year-round, with no weather delays, and with factory consistency and quality control. They are also able to precisely engineer and manufacture their homes for energy efficiency and longevity. According to Jason, their homes can withstand extreme cold and heat – “think Manitoba” – and they have service lives up to 100 years. A few years back, Mezzo Homes developed their signature ‘Mezzo Community’ model, which comprises a package of 10 homes. This package was initially designed after the company MARCH 2026
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