ABOUT HEALTHABITAT
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OVERVIEW
Healthabitat is an Australian company with the goal of improving the health of disadvantaged people, particularly children, by improving their housing and the conditions of the living environment.
TIMELINE
1985
1985 - Healthabitat directors meet for the first time working on the UPK environmental health review on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in the north west of South Australia.
1987 - The release of the UPK report defines the nine Healthy Living Practices
1988-90 UPK becomes a nationally accepted idea
1990
1991 - The Housing for Health project Pipalyatjara, north-west South Australia commences to evaluate the impacts of the UPK report. It was during this project that the preliminary Housing for Health methodology was developed
1995
1996 - The first Queensland Housing for Health trial project was commenced at Pormpuraaw, north west Cape York peninsula.
1998 - The first New South Wales Housing for Health trial project was commenced at Muli Muli, in the northern part of the state.
1998 - The first regional (6 community) Housing for Health trial project, was commenced in the Murdi Paaki region of western NSW.
1999 - Agreement by the Australian Government to implement the first national Housing for Health program planned by Healthabitat to improve 1,000 houses. The program was called the Fixing Houses for Better Health (FHBH) program to reflect the Federal Government funding.
2000
2001-2005 - Fixing Houses for Better Health program and Housing for Health projects continue nationally, improving over 3,000 houses by 2005. Additional Housing for Health projects continue improving houses in NSW and are managed by the NSW Department of Health with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Aboriginal Housing Office
2005
2005 - Healthabitat wins a 3.5 year tender to provide the Australian Government with a range of applied research and development projects and Fixing Houses for Better Health projects nationally. Housing for Health projects continue in NSW
2007 - Healthabitat commences work on improving the sanitation of a small village in Nepal with Australian and Nepali partners
2009 - Healthabitat extends the previous contract for an additional 2 years to provide the Australian Government with a range of applied research and development projects and Fixing Houses for Better Health projects nationally. Housing for Health projects continue in NSW
2010
2010 - Review of the health impact of 10 years of Housing for Health projects completed and published by NSW Department of Health shows a 40% reduction in illnesses associated with a poor living environment
2010 - A trial Housing for Health project commences in Brooklyn, New York City, USA
2010 - Healthabitat decides to decline further contracts with the Australian Government commencing 30th June 2011. Housing for Health projects continue in NSW.