New Housing Model for the NT?
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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CPC update – “This is the first time a promise has been kept”
July 20th, 2020
Update on the latest CPC at Navajo Mountain, USA. Healthabitat and long term partners IAPMO have officially wrapped up, the CPC (Community Plumbing Challenge): Navajo Mountain in Arizona. This saw plumbers and other trades invited into tough places not just to write reports but to actually get their hands dirty and improve the living environment in tough situations.
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The Anganwadi Project: A Ripple Effect
July 6th, 2020
Emma Leckie and Ellie Gutman on designing with communtiy. HH has long been a supporter of the Anganwadi Project. Two of the participants have written about their experience in India,…
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The Germ Story No.3
June 22nd, 2020
From the archive: a cartoon by the late Paul Pholeros done as part of the UPK work, which preceded Healthabitat but is continued by HH Director Stephi Rainow. These drawings give you a clear idea of what Healthabitat does and how the living environment can affect your health.
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Improved health from improved houses
June 15th, 2020
Warm Houses in Cold Climates Healthabitat loves seeing simple and effective solutions to improving people’s health. HH says bravo to the Clean Warm House project in Peru which uses simple…
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Reflections – Housing for Health on a NSW Project
June 8th, 2020
Housing for health in NSW. Reflections from ‘the paddock’ Dr Liam Grealy and Owen Kelly on a recent HfH project
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Hand washing on the APY Lands
June 1st, 2020
A place to wash your hands… Having a place to wash your hands with soap is vital to help reduce the spread of infectious disease such as COVID-19 ‘Soap…
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House function & COVID-19
May 25th, 2020
What does house function have to do with COVID-19? HH read this excellent article on the Conversation and this one from Croakey which advocates for improved housing to reduce the…
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Hand washing, COVID-19 and only 10% of sinks working
May 11th, 2020
Bathroom sinks – crucial house function in a COVID-19 world. The WHO identified handwashing early in the COVID-19 pandemic as crucial to helping stop the spread of the Coronavirus infection. …
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Student Exhibition of Nepal studio
March 23rd, 2020
An exhibition on the role of maintenance in Nepal School Toilets, this what was put on after the 2019 Sanitation Studio in Nepal by the students involved
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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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