August 9th, 2021
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…
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May 20th, 2021
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse produced a document in 2013 talking on the value of health hardware. Its content has re-appeared in the 2020 17th biennial health report by the Australian…
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May 14th, 2021
Back to the NT! Healthabitat has just commenced the first of 10 new Housing for Health projects to be delivered across the NT over the next 2 years. Funded by…
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April 6th, 2021
A massive housing shortfall is contributing to crowding in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. Fixing homes can be part of the solution. In January, the ABC published an article saying that…
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February 22nd, 2021
Improving house function is key to improving health. These improvements are only useful if you can actually use the house. A campaign is underway at the moment called “Building Better…
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January 25th, 2021
The Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage 2020 report was released in December by the productivity commission. The report measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people against 52 indicators across…
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December 14th, 2020
A peer-reviewed paper has been published looking at 20 years of Housing for Health projects in NSW. Titled: Prioritising Housing Maintenance to Improve Health in Indigenous Communities in NSW over…
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July 30th, 2020
Positive first steps to community housing In a first for the Northern Territory the four NT land councils met and agreed this week on a new community housing model for…
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March 19th, 2020
Following the evolving government advice on COVID-19, HH has postponed the rollout of all Housing for Health projects for the next few months. Trades will continue to fix critical health…
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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….
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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…
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November 26th, 2017
In November, HH published its initial views on the the Review. HH again calls on the government to immediately implement the Key Recommendations of the Review, in particular; Recommendation: A…
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