Prefabricated or modular homes have been touted as a possible solution to both crises, with the possibility of building climate-resilient, energy-efficient homes at scale, quickly and cheaply. With ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More people are choosing modular homes (right) over traditional house builds because they're cheaper and quicker to complete.

The National Cabinet set an ambitious target of building 1.2 million well-located homes over the next five years to tackle Australia’s housing crisis. The focus of the National Housing Accord is on ...

Renters struggling with the cost of living crisis will soon be able to buy prefabricated homes and have them up in 12 weeks.

ClearVue Technologies, an Australia-based supplier of smart building materials, is providing a combination of its building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology and solar cladding panels in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. From the heavy use of raw materials to logistics and ...

LG and Tullamarine-based Greater Homes are piloting a model that fuses offsite modular construction with AI-powered energy management, which they say can slash household power bills to near zero. The ...

This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. Australia’s rental vacancy rate has hit a historic low of close to zero. The ...

The Australian federal government is embracing modern forms of quick-to-deploy housing methods to increase supply as it falls behind in its goal to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029. A new $39 ...

The NSW government is moving to set up a modular housing construction facility with private companies in a bid to speed up the delivery of new homes. The premier says housing pressures require "new ...