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WA government highlights new focus on modular homes

Sometimes called the IKEA of home building, prefabricated modular homes are emerging as a major new weapon in the fight against a worsening housing crisis.

Modern modular home in factory
Modular homes are no longer limited by cookie-cutter design limitations. (Image source: Shutterstock.com)

Modular homes, sometimes billed as the building industry’s answer to flatpack furniture, only account for roughly five per cent of the total construction market but have taken centre stage in Western Australia’s state budget.

In a quest to address a chronic lack of housing supply, the WA State Government on Monday (16 June) announced that Keystart

will launch a new low deposit modular loan product to assist more people, particularly in regional W…

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