NT Indigenous Housing problems
August 1st, 2012
The Northern Territory Government says it is trying to resolve a dispute that has seen work on an Aboriginal housing program in Alice Springs come to a standstill. More than…
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The National Indigenous Housing Guide – on a cold lake, in a leaking Canadian canoe with three broken paddles
June 26th, 2012
Given the lack of interest in the Guide on the home front it seems odd that in her recent speech on Indigenous Housing in Canada the Guide was presented as…
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‘Building Homes That Last’ – a good idea
June 25th, 2012
Read the paper as you look through the pictures below of houses that were renovated under the current National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing. The pictures of (2 houses…
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“…investment in remote housing by the Federal Government was unprecedented”
June 19th, 2012
Thanks to Sally Brooks for the following Friday, 08 June 2012 No cover for cement floors A troubled remote housing program has been dealt another blow by a revelation that…
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2012 World Indigenous Housing Conference: feedback
June 16th, 2012
Professor Jon Altman is one of the few academics who have remained vocal on Indigenous issues over the last 10 years. His thoughts on reporting of Minister Macklin’s presentation to…
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The Ombudsman’s report on NT Housing
June 16th, 2012
The main findings of the report in the Executive Summary note: Over the past two years, concerns about the implementation of the housing reforms have been a key source of…
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Crowding Tracker
June 16th, 2012
Tracker’s recent review on Minister Macklin’s speech in Canada at the World Indigenous Housing Conference noted: Fourthly, renovations — which have been the focus of the NT intervention housing strategy — do precisely nothing…
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Constructing and maintaining houses
May 29th, 2012
HH helped supply data and experience to assist Peter Phibbs complete this paper. The National Indigenous Housing Guide is noted as an important tool to improve housing: If used in…
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Cracks appearing ?
May 29th, 2012
BY: NATASHA ROBINSON From: The Australian May 29, 2012 12:00AM CONSTRUCTION firms contracted to build houses in Aboriginal communities may be tempted to “overcharge and under-deliver” as flawed remote housing…
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Health Hardware
May 29th, 2012
In a back to the future moment, HH has dug up a simple drawing done in the early 1990’s that describes an example of how the ‘stuff’ of housing, infrastructure…
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Erasing the Dots
May 1st, 2012
HH heard rumblings about the presentation material presented to the conference. Several reports about the HH paper were made public but we notice that a scant record of the conference…
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Indigenous housing quality in South Australia
April 21st, 2012
According to the ‘contract’ between the Australian and South Australian governments under the $5.5 billion National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, all houses shall comply with the Australian Building Code,…
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