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Modular homes destined for regional Queensland to address accommodation crisis.
A Regional Development Australia initiative will see up to 40 modular homes built in Townsville and then transported to regional locations to help ease the housing crisis. (main pic: Ausco Modular housing, Middleton Beach, WA.)
The modular home solution will be presented as an option during this month’s Queensland Housing Summit, and several of the organisation’s 15 member councils have already signed up for the pilot program.
According to RDA Townsville and North West Queensland chief executive Wayde Chiesa: “We might coordinate the purchase of up to 40, and there is a group-buying discount, so they are able to get these to site more cost-effectively than what they would ordinarily do working on their own.”
The proposed homes feature three bedrooms and a verandah, along with heating and cooling facilities. And, as reported by the ABC, discussions have also taken place with Ausco Modular to supply the modular homes.
Ausco Modular’s North Queensland regional manager Brad Hunt said they were between 12 to 14 metres in length and up to 3.4 metres wide.
“So, they can be transported on the back of a semi-trailer and delivered direct to site,” he said
The houses will be slated for use by council staff in a bid to attract more workers to the regions.
The program requires financial backing from all levels of government.
