Homes NSW brings together the housing and homelessness services of the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) with NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC), the NSW Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO) and key worker housing all under one roof – making the system more efficient and accessible.
Homes NSW leads work to deliver more social and affordable housing, end the the cycle of homelessness and deliver quality public housing to our 262,000 tenants across NSW.
Homes NSW MMC program
As part of its $224 million Essential Housing Package announced in the NSW Budget for the 2023-2024 financial year, the NSW Government is investing $10 million in a Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) program. The program aims to demonstrate how MMC can be used to deliver quality and permanent new social homes faster.
The program has 4 focus areas:
- Building the right kind of homes
- Homes for teachers sooner
- Forward-thinking research and development, including the partnership with Building 4.0 CRC
- Transforming the way Homes NSW is delivering homes: Industry Taskforce.
Exploring MMC housing products is a great way to help get people into homes faster amid this housing crisis. This is especially so in regional areas where traditional construction can be expensive, and where trades and supplies can be scarce.
All of Homes NSW’s MMC demonstration projects will be permanent homes, fully self-contained and meet market standards for design and finish. It will also support the creation of more jobs and grow the economy and scale the local MMC industry, which can have flow-on positive impacts for regional communities.
Read more about the program here: www.nsw.gov.au/homes-nsw/MMC
Projects
Research themes
- Business Model Innovation (1)
- Supply Chain Management, Logistics (1)
- Finance and Economics (1)
- Policy and Regulation (1)
- Change Management (1)
- Customers and Markets (1)
- Platforms and Process (1)
- Building Operation and Performance (1)
- Computational Design (1)
- Building Materials & Systems (1)
- Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Building Design and DFMA (1)
- Housing and Urban Design (Affordability) (1)
- Sustainable Materials & Products (1)
- Environmentally Sustainable Design (1)
Business Model Innovation
Theme coordinator

Robert Moehler
Projects
#70 Building Circularity 4.0: First Steps to Adoption
#80 Why are insolvencies so high in the Construction industry and what can be done about it?
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#65 European Research Tour 2023: Berlin – Copenhagen – Malmö
Finance and Economics
Projects
#80 Why are insolvencies so high in the Construction industry and what can be done about it?
#55 Towards smart contracts and smart finance in construction – Phase 1
#97 Self Storage Association of Australasia Digital Platform Development
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#60 Mass Timber Wellness in Workplaces
Policy and Regulation
Theme coordinator

Dr Eric Windholz
Projects
#80 Why are insolvencies so high in the Construction industry and what can be done about it?
#55 Towards smart contracts and smart finance in construction – Phase 1
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#21 Regulatory Reform for Industrialised Building
#33 Evaluation of emerging technologies for remote inspections of building work
Platforms and Process
Theme coordinator

Dr Duncan Maxwell
Projects
#90 Evaluating the effectiveness of roofing work inspection using remotely piloted aircraft systems
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#53 Process Engineering, and Design and Estimating Automation of Fleetwood’s Product Platform
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Building Operation and Performance
Theme coordinator

Dr Sara Omrani
Projects
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#55 Towards smart contracts and smart finance in construction – Phase 1
#105 Blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading: Advancing sustainability and affordability in smart residential communities
#100 IEQ Monitoring of Aboriginal Housing Office 3D Printed Houses
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
Computational Design
Theme coordinator

Dr Abdallah Ghazlan
Projects
#71 Automated decision making for interdisciplinary coordination during early-stage building design
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#53 Process Engineering, and Design and Estimating Automation of Fleetwood’s Product Platform
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
#59 Innovative Steel–Timber–Concrete Composite StrongFloor
Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator

Dr Rackel San Nicolas
Projects
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation
#105 Blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading: Advancing sustainability and affordability in smart residential communities
#84 Feasibility study of recycling excavated clay materials in full-scale concrete applications
#86 Sustainable 3D printed concrete for bespoke infrastructure
Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing
Projects
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation
#84 Feasibility study of recycling excavated clay materials in full-scale concrete applications
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#68 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 1 feasibility study
Building Design and DFMA
Projects
#71 Automated decision making for interdisciplinary coordination during early-stage building design
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Light House Project #13: Mixed Reality Carpentry Demonstration
Light House Project #3: NCHA Independent Living Lab
Housing and Urban Design (Affordability)
Theme coordinator

Dr Lee-Anne Khor
Projects
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
#35 Prefab Housing Solutions for Bushfire & Disaster Relief
#23 When prefab hits the ground: Barriers and opportunities in the Australian housing market
Sustainable Materials & Products
Theme coordinator

Dr Philip Christopher
Projects
#70 Building Circularity 4.0: First Steps to Adoption
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation
#84 Feasibility study of recycling excavated clay materials in full-scale concrete applications
#86 Sustainable 3D printed concrete for bespoke infrastructure