Flat pack homes won’t make housing affordable

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By Leith van Onselen

ABC News is running an article today examining flat-packed homes, which can be assembled in just four weeks, could revolutionise home building in Australia, and could be a potential answer to affordable housing:

The designers said the ideal timeframe to build the house was four weeks, which could be done because the bathrooms and kitchens were made off-site…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.