Buying a house could soon be akin to strolling through an IKEA showroom as the government searches for unique solutions to Australia's property crisis.
Australia needs to think outside the box when it comes to getting homes built faster, Housing Minister Clare O'Neil has declared.
She is promising a $39.3 million trial of modular, pre-made building components, which could speed up construction times while driving down costs.
"Most homes use the same basic components - walls, windows, roofs, bathrooms, kitchens,'' Ms O'Neil said, ahead of a major speech defending controversial changes to tax concessions for investors.
"So instead of designing everything from scratch every single time, we can standardise some parts of the process and make construction more efficient."
Ms O'Neil has taken inspiration from Sweden, the home of furniture giant IKEA, where about 80 per cent of detached homes are built using prefabricated parts, compared to just five per cent in Australia.
