House function & COVID-19
May 25th, 2020
What does house function have to do with COVID-19? HH read this excellent article on the Conversation and this one from Croakey which advocates for improved housing to reduce the…
Learn MoreGeneral
Hand washing, COVID-19 and only 10% of sinks working
May 11th, 2020
Bathroom sinks – crucial house function in a COVID-19 world. The WHO identified handwashing early in the COVID-19 pandemic as crucial to helping stop the spread of the Coronavirus infection. …
Learn More
New Website Launch!
February 26th, 2020
Welcome to Healthabitat’s new website! This new website combines both Healthabitat and Healthabitat O/S into one place. As of the end of 2019, we are one company known as Healthabitat (HH). All the existing content has been migrated across and is easier to find.
Learn More
Career pathways – plumbers challenge to challenge
March 7th, 2019
The Community Plumbing Challenge (CPC) commits to combining multi-discipline teams, with a cross-section of expertise. Its aim has been to provide a skills pathway and career options for Plumbing apprentices…
Learn More
Shree Bhotenamlang Secondary School, NEPAL
March 5th, 2019
Work is nearing completion on the new water supply and storage systems, handwashing, teeth brushing and waste treatment systems for the 600 students and teachers of Shree Bhotenamlang Secondary School,…
Learn More
Water is Life: a documentary
March 4th, 2019
This short documentary filmed during the CPC in October 2018 illustrates the challenges faced by local Indigenous residents living without basic healthy living practices and the emotional journey for the…
Learn More
Global guidelines for Housing and Health
March 4th, 2019
The Housing for Health incubator recently invited and heard from David Jacobs, Chief Scientist, National Center for Healthy Housing, United States on the recently launch World Health Organization’s (WHO) Housing and health guidelines….
Learn More
Sago Studio 2019 PNG – applications open!
November 12th, 2018
Sago Network has been working for a number of years in partnership with local communities throughout Australia’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, to tackle the community development challenge of improving…
Learn More
Navajo Nation Water Project – Survey Fix
October 26th, 2018
The CPC Navajo Nation week kicked off with a Housing for Health survey-fix of the 10 houses being improved by the Community Plumbing Challenge. As on all Housing for Health…
Learn More
CPC Navajo Nation Project, New Mexico, USA
October 17th, 2018
Healthabitat OS is working with international partner IWSH Foundation on the 2018 Community Plumbing Challenge (CPC) in the Navajo Nation, USA. The CPC this year will for the first time…
Learn More
Baddass Beanies for HH
August 9th, 2018
The lovely Bronwyn Menton behind The Bronk is currently donating $15 from the purchase of each of their beanies to Healthabitat O/S in support of our ongoing efforts to work…
Learn More
Disaster looming – the end of NPARIH
February 21st, 2018
Minister Nigel Scullion and the Australian Government appear to be ignoring their own 2017 review into the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH). Rather than increasing critical funding…
Learn More
