Accessibility is hard to retrofit. A recent HfH project highlights the difficulties we continue to face on projects of retrofitting accessibility in houses, particularly bathrooms. Project Photos – Existing…
Healthabitat was invited to speak at the Remote Housing and homelands conference in Darwin. The annual conference is organised by new peak body Aboriginal Housing NT (AHNT) and had the theme…
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) runs from 27th May to 3rd June every year. It “is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and…
‘Hot House’ Healthabitat is working with Dr Jasper Ludewig to deliver a studio stream in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at The University of Newcastle, Australia for Masters…
The mound building program on the APY lands began in the 1980’s as a health project by Nganampa Health. The programs were an attempt to improve the living conditions within…
The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation recently released its report ‘Hot Cities, Chilled Economies: Impacts of Extreme Heat on Global Cities’ The report details the social and economic effects of extreme heat…
The report is complied by Kimberley Community Legal Services (KCLS). Based on research conducted with public housing tenants and service providers in the region in 2021, the report explores the…
Sydney researchers are developing a heat stress scale similar to a UV index. With an accompanying app, it is designed to help the public handle the heat and avoid the…
Long term Healthabitat collaborators, Sago Network, continue to focus on PNG’s waterless and Permanent Sanitation Solution Front cover of the Sago Dry Toilet Brochure Sago Network continues to…
Renter Researchers as a part of the Healthy Homes for Renters campaign have been tracking the temperature of their homes across winter and summer in 2022 Drawing capturing Renter…
In 32 years… Over 10,000 houses! 264 Projects! 315,918 items fixed! Over 50,000 people benefitted! Finke Survey-Fix 2 Team Photo In November 2022, Housing for Health (HfH) projects reached…
HH visits Melbourne 3-D printing factories As the climate gets hotter and the price of construction and demand for more housing continues to grow, it is important to find new…