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Potential breakthrough for Australia’s housing crisis

4 August 2025

Modscape were pleased to be featured on Channel 9 News this week, in a segment spotlighting how offsite and modular construction is fast gaining traction across Australia – with access to finance now catching up to the pace of innovation.

This highlighted the Commonwealth Bank’s move to support lending for assessed offsite builders – a shift that removes one of the biggest barriers for customers and paves way for wider adoption of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).

Filmed inside our Essendon Fields facility, the segment showcased how Modscape + Modbotics is already delivering faster, smarter, and more sustainable outcomes through advanced manufacturing – with buildings assembled offsite and installed in a day. It’s this time-saving advantage that’s helped drive rapid growth in our business, and why we’re seeing increasing interest from governments, developers and homeowners alike.

As demand for housing intensifies, and construction faces urgent calls for productivity reform, MMC is no longer a fringe idea – it’s a scalable, future-ready solution whose time has come.

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Source: Modscape / 9 News

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