Prefabricated Housing: A Potential Solution for Australia's Housing Crisis
15 May 2025
Australia’s housing crisis needs real solutions — not just policy vision.
And those solutions must scale, fast.
The Property Council of Australia’s recent National Housing Solutions Summit put it plainly:
To tackle our generational housing shortage, we need to incentivise investment, attract institutional capital, unlock innovation, and embrace all forms of housing — not just the traditional detached dwelling.
As discussed in CBRE’s latest Talking Property podcast, adjacent industries show us what’s possible when innovation is supported by clear strategy and coordinated policy. But in construction and housing, we lack a central body to champion innovation at a national level, and it shows.
This is where the private sector must lead by doing.
At Stonebank Group we’re delivering on these bold ideas in real time — managing the rollout of hundreds of prefabricated homes across land lease communities in Victoria.
Land lease is a proven housing model that delivers security and affordability without requiring full land ownership.
Prefabricated homes offer speed, consistency, and quality at a time when the market desperately needs more dwellings delivered faster.
Together, they form a scalable, pragmatic model that’s already making a dent in the supply gap — while maintaining the design integrity, community outcomes, and cost controls that long-term stakeholders demand.
But unlocking this kind of innovation at scale requires more than good intentions.
It takes:
Policy clarity that supports new housing types
Capital structures that align with modern delivery approaches
And critically, project managers who understand how to integrate strategy, design, manufacturing and site delivery from day one
We don’t need more talk about “what’s possible” — we need execution capacity.
The housing solutions exist. They just need to be delivered.
If you’re looking prefabricated housing solutions — we’d love to hear from you.
Chris Adams
Director
0408 851 556