In October, Shelter NSW hosted an open forum discussing how Councils can deliver stronger outcomes on affordable housing for their communities across NSW. Councillors, candidates, council staff and community members…
Over the past 20 years of Housing for Health, project teams have witnessed many failed showers – one of the most important pieces of Health Hardware in a house. All…
Director, David Donald, talks with RMIT students. RMIT run a multidisciplinary course on Housing and Health. Dave talked with students about priorities in Housing for Health and the risk of…
The Government has announced a Regional Housing Taskforce in response to increasing pressures on the supply and affordability of housing in Regional NSW. Earlier this year, Shelter NSW independently committed…
What will happen if the water runs dry? The fate of the NT’s largest ever groundwater extraction licence is distressing traditional owners of Ali Curung in the Barkley Region, NT….
The condition of housing has long been associated with the health of people. Recent research featured in the Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin further proves the importance of ‘Housing for Health’;…
Crowding has been acknowledged as a social determinant exasperating the risk of COVID-19 transmission. As various news articles report, 30 caravans have been established in Wilcannia as temporary accommodation for…
All Housing for Health Projects have been put on hold except for emergency repairs due to this latest COVID outbreak. There are over 13 active Housing for Health projects across…
Australia is the only developed country that has endemic trachoma. Almost all cases of trachoma are detected in remote Aboriginal communities. The Environmental Health Trachoma Project #endingtrachoma aims to reduce…
You might remember our February news item on the “Building Better Homes” initiative to see mandatory minimum accessibility requirements of ‘gold’ brought into the National Construction Code (NCC). In April…
Learning about the effects of the current US Heat dome, Healthabitat is concerned for residents of the Navajo Nation – the largest land area home to a Native American tribe…
The two summers of 2018-20 were the hottest ever recorded in the NT. From December 2019 to January 2020, temperatures were about 4℃ above the long-term average. And in late…