built homes could spark Australia's industrial resurgence, Labor think tank says
A report from the Labor-aligned John Curtin Research Centre suggests that modular and manufactured housing could help solve Australia's housing crisis. The strategy aims to reindustrialize the country by building homes off-site, reducing reliance on international supply chains.
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This proposal links domestic manufacturing policy with social infrastructure, offering a potential model for addressing housing shortages while boosting local industry.
Modular and manufactured housing could help to rebuild Australia's industrial base, a new report says. ( ABC News: Kimberley Putland )
Modular and manufactured homes could help to solve Australia's housing crisis, a new report says.
They could also help to reindustrialise Australia's economy and make its supply chains more self-sufficient, it says.
The report, from the John Curtin Research Centre, was released at Labor's National Conference on Saturday.
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Putting the ambitious national strategy into action would also help Australia to rebuild its industrial base in a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reverse decades of deindustrialisation, it says.
The John Curtin Research Centre (JCRC), a Labor-aligned think tank, has released a new report, Manufacturing Homes: A National Strategy for Solving Australia's Housing Crisis .
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