NEWS: SAGO TOILET UPDATE
January 6th, 2023
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…
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ADVOCACY: ‘Renter Researchers’ findings are frightening!
December 23rd, 2022
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…
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PROJECT MILESTONE: 10,000 Houses!
December 7th, 2022
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…
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TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: HH visits 3D printing companies in Melbourne
December 6th, 2022
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…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: R&D – Finding and Specifying Better Taps
December 2nd, 2022
An archive highlight from 2010 showing the ongoing pursuit of finding the best possible taps to specify in housing. Project data shows that taps are performing poorly. Poorly performing taps…
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ADVOCACY – Healthy Homes for Renters project
November 18th, 2022
‘Healthy Homes for Renters’ project is attempting to build political support for minimum energy efficient standards for rental properties. Better Renting is calling on governments to implement minimum energy efficiency…
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REFLECTION: EHO Trainee shares project reflection
October 21st, 2022
Housing for Health projects are strengthened by the support and knowledge of Environment Health staff. While Environmental health workers are on Housing for Health projects as team leaders…
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EVENT: October 15 ’22 is Global Handwashing Day
October 15th, 2022
The 2022 theme is ‘Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene‘. At current rates of progress, the world will only reach 78% coverage in 2030, leaving 1.9 billion people without basic hand…
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INTERVIEW: NT Shelter interview Dr Simon Quilty
September 16th, 2022
NT Shelter interviews Dr Simon Quilty as a part of Homelessness Week 2022 (1-7 Aug). With over 20 years working in remote medicine in the NT, Dr Quilty regularly experiences…
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NEWS: NT refuses to adopt new 7 Star Energy Efficiency standards for homes
September 2nd, 2022
Australian State and Territory Building Ministers agreed last week to improve the energy efficiency requirements of new homes. The NT however, a region with arguably Australia’s most extreme climate has…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: R&D – Stove Function
August 19th, 2022
A highlight from the archives 2009-11- ‘Stove Function – finding a better solution’ Housing for Health survey data shows stoves are performing poorly in Indigenous communities nationally with an average…
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DESIGN MATTERS – The (ongoing) Washing Machine Debate…
August 5th, 2022
The NSW Government’s Washing Machine Replacement Trial with social housing tenants until 30th September 2022 has sparked our interest to resurface the Washing Machine and Laundry design discussion. Washing Clothes…
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