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AMPLIFY welcomes the Economic Reform Roundtable’s focus on addressing the housing crisis and the Treasurer’s comments on the need to do more to increase the uptake of modular and prefab housing.“We know the Australian public supports an increase in modern housing construction to address our housing crisis, and we welcome any move by the Federal Government to boost modular and prefab housing for the community,” AMPLIFY CEO Georgina Harrisson said.“Australia is behind other countries in terms of its use of modern construction and prefabricated housing, and we believe there is a major opportunity here to address the housing crisis and give Australians a fair go at housing.”At AMPLIFY's housing deliberation earlier this year, 96 per cent of participants backed the expansion of prefab housing. More widely, an AMPLIFY YouGov poll showed 70 per cent of Australians supported expanding the use of prefab housing.
The Federal Government’s Economic Reform Roundtable is being pitched as a major event to turbocharge the nation’s economy, but new research shows three in four Australians haven’t even heard of it.YouGov polling commissioned by AMPLIFY also found when the roundtable was explained, 60% of Australians were not confident it would lead to any meaningful change in addressing productivity.AMPLIFY is calling on the Federal Government to pursue ambitious, people-driven reforms that result in tangible outcomes – it cannot simply be a tick-and-flick exercise.
AMPLIFY is calling on the Victorian Government to unlock the potential of modern prefab housing, a bold housing reform that would boost the state’s flagging housing supply.AMPLIFY says Victoria’s housing regulations have not kept pace with new ways of building, like prefab and modular housing, with the system built around slower traditional onsite methods.In a submission to the Victorian Government’s consultation on enabling modern methods of construction, AMPLIFY highlighted three key actions to boost uptake and help scale the market. These include:Leveraging government procurement power to seed a pipeline of modern homesModernising regulations to cut red tapeMobilising and growing skills for modern construction methods