March 3rd, 2014
A note sent to HH from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks, but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing. For the…
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December 23rd, 2013
The authors Dr Emma BakerDr Laurence LesterProfessor Andrew BeerMs Kate MasonDr Rebecca Bentley Abstract Housing is a central component of productive, healthy and meaningful lives, and a principle social determinant of…
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November 21st, 2013
Dani is employed by Monash University as a Research Fellow. Her current work is funded as part of the AusAID Australian Development Research Awards Scheme. She is also affiliated with…
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November 8th, 2013
Rural Habitat, an exhibition of low-cost housing for rural and remote communities in Mexico by Mobile Workshop Architects (MWA) in collaboration with NGO Vasco de Quiroga PXXI, opens in Customs…
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November 8th, 2013
After many years of rolling out the $5.5 billion remote Indigenous housing program, (SIHIP being the Northern Territory part of the national program) the first assessment of what has been…
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November 4th, 2013
Lets start by considering the very positive side of all those who help. Consider each village family (like the one in the photo) that makes a cash contribution equivalent to…
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November 1st, 2013
The Sanitation Project in Bangladesh proceeds well despite a very late wet season and a high water table that made progress difficult. The key part of this project, agreed by…
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October 27th, 2013
First there was the project work in Nepal (January 2013) – to make a kit for the local team to help them site all the components of the toilet and…
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October 25th, 2013
Global Studio has been invited to offer a session on “Addressing informalityand or poverty through education and practice” at the Union of InternationalArchitects Congress in Durban next August. If you…
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October 25th, 2013
The success of this first UPK music collection, with song themes including The Germ Song, Septic Tank song and the most famous the Shower Block Song, is now well documented….
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October 25th, 2013
Unitec hosted a rewarding day in Auckland, New Zealand, convening a Social Housing Forum by presenting talks from a broad range of people and adding an enthusiastic and inquisitive audience….
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October 3rd, 2013
Healthabitat Director Dr Paul Torzillo ran the launch with talks from The Fred Hollows Foundation CEO Brian Doolan, Dr Lilon Bandler from the Sydney Medical School, Dr Norman Swan, The Building…
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