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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Greeted by the CHDS, the village construction team and the Bhattedande villagers Ms Grace embarked on some ‘toilet trekking’ around the village. Inspecting toilets, septic tank systems and the biogas…
Having documented poor construction in both new and upgraded houses, now other reports are starting to emerge about house construction quality. See the ABC report link and read more. These…
The brief extracts from the report’s index show the areas covered by the report and housing seems to be absent. As always we are prepared to stand corrected. Housing’s impact…
An interesting interview with one of the people charged with delivering these services to a remote location in the remote northern region of South Australia is attached. HH has underlined…