COVID-19 Update
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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HH Speaks – Melbourne Design Week 2020 Symposium -postponed
March 12th, 2020
“This is not a wicked problem”: Healthabitat is making housing better for Australia’s Indigenous communities. Healthabitat has been asked to speak at the upcoming National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne…
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HH Speaks – Deerubbin conference 2020
March 2nd, 2020
Healthabitat has been asked to speak at the upcoming architecture conference Deerubbin. Organised by oz.e.tecture the theme is “Response + Ability”. A poignant theme for a first world country. When:…
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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.
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Radio – The links between housing and health
January 20th, 2020
Listen to HH Director Paul Torzillo on ABC’s RN radio program talking about the links between Housing and Health. Now the World Health Organisation has launched its guidelines for housing and health. And the link between the two is strong.
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Student Reflection – Bobbie Bayley on Nepal
January 7th, 2020
Architecture student Bobbie Bayley’s cartoon of her whirlwind journey on a Healthabitat sanitation studio to Nepal to learn about sanitation that put our architectural skills to good use outside of the theoretical classroom.
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Plumbers Reflection – Bob Sheridan on Nepal
January 6th, 2020
Architecture student Bobbie Bayley quizzes colleague and plumber Bob Sheridan about the latest Sanitation Studio in Nepal.
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Ongoing maintenance for toilets in Diepsloot
March 19th, 2019
“Sometimes toilets and taps are not working for months and even years, if we don’t fix them, no one will.” – Lerato Monama HH was invited by the already working…
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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…
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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,…
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FINAL REPORT Community Plumbing Challenge: Navajo Nation
March 4th, 2019
Now in its’ fourth year of challenges where licenced plumbers and other trades are invited into tough places to make real changes, this year the Housing for Health survey-fix process…
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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…
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