Yard Improvement
Yard areas contain a wide range of activities and service provision and these can contribute significantly in reducing crowding and improving health.
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Temperature Control Inside the House – warm houses in cold climates
In cold climates, it can often be colder inside the house than outside in a sunny, wind protected place in the yard. Extremes in temperature inside houses can impact on the health of people.
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National Indigenous Housing Guide (NIHG) – Assessment Tool
A House project that was established to develop a range of designs to construct prototype houses that demonstrate best practice in all aspects of design, construction and detailing.
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Maintaining Houses for Better Health (MHBH)
The aim of MHBH is:
Improve targeting of housing repair and maintenance (R&M) funds to maximise value for dollar investment
Emphasise workflow outcomes to ensure quality control of R&M work
Develop IT to support flexible, secure data collection, management and reporting capabilities
Kitchen Module Design
Most kitchen areas in surveyed houses showed poor design and construction, use of poor quality materials and health hardware, and a lack of maintenance. This project tests a modular kitchen design.
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Hot Water Systems
The failure of hot water systems identified during Housing for Health survey/fix projects continues to be high and running cost a major expense.
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Demonstration House
A House project that was established to develop a range of designs to construct prototype houses that demonstrate best practice in all aspects of design, construction and detailing.
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