Indigenous employment is important. When it comes to rural and remote housing works, whether it is new house building, upgrading or ongoing maintenance, Housing for Health projects have treated seriously the need for local Indigenous people being...
For 18 months HH has been raising concerns about the quality of house construction being completed under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing.
After 38 years of fighting for a better living environment and housing in Redfern, this round looks promising. Flats for students, housing a childcare centre and a gallery will replace the dilapidated terraces that characterised the Block in...
What is really happening on Elcho Island with the big money National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing program? This short story in The Australian raises many many more questions than it answers about this and other NPARIH...
When Housing for Health manager, Greg Norman, receives the beautiful hand made gift (shown in the image) thanking the project team for a year of working closely with the people of Mer Island, it was strange to see in the national...
What do Venice, Italy and Healthabitat have in common? Maybe both think water is important OR is it the fact that Venice has some drainage problems and Housing for Health may be part of the solution? No! read on for more information......
The Australian Design Review notes the Healthabitat WHA win
Thanks to all that supported the Housing for Health work that won the World Habitat Awards for 2011. The win is important particularly at a time when the Australian Government seems to be implementing actions that are directly counter to all the...
Extract from the NSW Architecture Bulletin Sept-Oct 2011"The limited reach of architects is a frustration shared by many in the profession. Intuitively, architects recognise that we could have a greater impact on society given the...