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Fast to build, eco-friendly, and affordable modular and prefabricated housing could be a solution to Australia’s housing crisis. But manufacturers and suppliers say changes are needed to reduce costs and meet demand. In Canberra, the act government is considering modular homes to help meet local housing targets.

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00:00Jeff McGinley's business began as a personal project.
00:06I didn't want to get locked into the mortgage trap that I see and so I thought I'll go for a tiny house.
00:13He felt the tiny homes on offer were too small, so he found a factory built solution.
00:19Having delivered my house and moved in, sort of turned to my builder and said,
00:24hey, we can't stop at one. There is this housing crisis in Australia and there's a lack of options.
00:30Manufactured in China, then mounted on a commercial truck trailer.
00:34To avoid planning restrictions by being counted as caravans, they can be combined to make bigger homes.
00:40And Mr McGinley says he could supply a thousand a month.
00:44I can deliver this tiny house on wheels in a day.
00:47And if I was building it as a modular house on the ground, it's two to four weeks.
00:52Over the border in Queanbeyan, manufacturer Andrew Copley says it makes sense to use
00:57pre-made structurally insulated panels, like these ones which have a foam core
01:02sandwiched between structural facings like chip rock.
01:05They go together like Lego pieces and the sustainability aspect,
01:08so they're highly efficient for energy efficiency ratings.
01:11Demand means he's setting up a second factory in Brisbane, but red tape is still creating barriers.
01:17In America, they'll come and inspect your factory, they'll look over your building methods,
01:21they'll look at your engineered drawings, and as long as you meet those set criterias,
01:25and you tick all the boxes like your setbacks are within the requirements,
01:28the house size is within the requirements, it's an automatic approval.
01:31The peak body agrees prefabricated solutions are needed.
01:35It reduces the time to build a home, a standalone home, by up to 50%,
01:39and it can reduce the cost of builds by up to 20%.
01:42There may be the opportunity through procurement standards that the ACT government might set for public housing,
01:49for example, to try and scale up the industry through government procurement.
01:54seeking solid foundations to meet ambitious targets.
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