The (not very good) $300 Nepal toilet

December 13th, 2011

  • Australia
  • General
  • Nepal

CHDS staff have tracked down one of the cheap toilet programs only to discover that the residents have to put in over 6 times the contribution of the donor (who…

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Loss of Indigenous Housing Data

November 29th, 2011

  • Australia
  • Government

A staff member of the AIHW revealed: We no longer have a contract with FaHCSIA to work on the FHBH data cubes, so will not be able to do any…

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Why things will change! Sago Studio, PNG, 2011

November 27th, 2011

  • Australia
  • General
  • Papa New Guinea

The capacity-building agenda that Sago Network pursues is an outgrowth of Healthabitat and Global Studio’s own methodology and seeks to position communities at the centre of their own development process,…

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Why things change slowly

November 16th, 2011

  • Australia
  • General

Next time someone asks about Closing the Gap………give them a look at this planning proposal ……it may explain why things move slowly. The annotations have been added by HH (with…

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The end of FHBH and the future

November 16th, 2011

  • Australia
  • General
  • Government

The last 2-year contract was aimed at allowing state governments around Australia, now responsible for Indigenous housing, to use and integrate the Housing for Health method, principles and products into…

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Wassup! South Africa

October 31st, 2011

  • Australia
  • General
  • South Africa

WASSUP (Jennifer, Lerato & Manyisi) are in New York with Anna Rubbo (Global Studio) until the 20th of October for the opening of the Smithsonian / Cooper-Hewitt ‘Design With The…

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After images – Japan Fundraiser

October 19th, 2011

  • Australia
  • General
  • Media

The exhibition is on a the Boutwell Draper Gallery in Sydney  www.boutwelldrapergallery.com.au The project, supported by the Australian Institute of Architects and the Faculty of Architecture Design and Planning at…

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FHBH 9 at a glance

September 23rd, 2011

  • Australia
  • General

This will be the last in the series of national Fixing Houses for Better Health (FHBH) projects. HH thinks the projects run under this round of FHBH were very successful…

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Canadian Housing problems

September 15th, 2011

  • Australia
  • General

Poor planning, years of neglect and remoteness combine in Canada to maintain the most basic housing problems and keep them out of general view.The attached article reveals some very poor…

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Fred Hollows Foundation gives support

September 11th, 2011

  • Australia
  • Awards and prizes
  • Media

The Fred Hollows Foundation supports current Healthabitat work in Central Australia and have voiced their congratulations on their website Dr Fred Hollows was influential in guiding the very early UPK…

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