Request for Applications: Housing Innovation Fund Grant in Australia

The focus areas of this opportunity are to increase construction productivity by supporting technologies and processes that enable faster, higher-volume housing delivery through prefabrication, automation, and advanced manufacturing; improve housing affordability by encouraging innovations that lower construction costs while maintaining quality, durability, and liveability; strengthen WA’s local capability by expanding local content, manufacturing capacity, and supply chains through innovative construction technologies, growing industry skills and diversified material inputs; support regional housing outcomes by promoting solutions that increase the availability and reduce the cost of housing in regional WA; and enhance environmental sustainability by encouraging low-waste, low-carbon construction approaches and improving the energy and material efficiency of new homes.

The Housing Innovation Fund Grant provides a total of $28 million in competitive funding designed to support Western Australian businesses adopting prefabricated, modular, or automated building technologies. Individual grants of up to $5 million are available and require matched contributions from applicants. The grant aims to drive innovation, enable business transformation, strengthen advanced housing manufacturing capability in WA, and accelerate the adoption of modern construction methods that lower costs, shorten build times, and support improved sustainability in residential housing.

This opportunity is open to Western Australia-based businesses operating within residential construction, manufacturing, or related sectors for more than twelve months. Eligible applicants must be legal entities with an Australian Business Number or Australian Company Number, registered for Goods and Services Tax, financially solvent, and able to demonstrate financial capacity through recent statements or projections. Applicants must have no outstanding debts to the Australian Taxation Office or unpaid superannuation obligations and must be capable of entering into a legally binding Financial Assistance Agreement with the WA Government. Only one application may be submitted, and applicants must disclose any other WA Government funding received or requested for the same project.

Projects proposed under this fund must directly relate to the design, manufacture, or delivery of residential housing in Western Australia. They must demonstrate alignment with relevant national and state housing standards, align with MMC priority areas, commence within sixty days of signing the Financial Assistance Agreement, and be completed within twenty-four months with clear milestones. Projects must also demonstrate commercial readiness and applicant capability, include matched funding, and provide a business plan with supporting evidence such as feasibility studies, approvals, and letters of support.

For more information, visit Government of Western Australia.