May 6th, 2022
Projects have officially kicked off in the NT for 2022, beginning with a ‘Maintaining Houses for Better Health’ (MHBH) Program in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) last week. This MHBH project will…
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April 12th, 2022
Environmental Health Officers (EHO’s) are crucial to improving the link between housing and health. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin recently highlighted the work of EHOS: ‘Who are EHO’s’. This…
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March 30th, 2022
AHURI in partnership with The Housing for Health Incubator and other collaborators released a 107 page report in November 2021, “Sustainable Indigenous housing in regional and remote Australia”. Read Time:…
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March 8th, 2022
The projects’ success in reducing Scabies reminds us of the importance of ‘HLP2: Washing Clothes and Bedding’. Community members from Barunga and up to 30km’s away come to use the…
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February 23rd, 2022
We acknowledge the remarkable legacy Paul Pholeros (PP) has left with us, which continues to inspire us and many others. A snapshot taken from the IAPMO conference, September 2021….
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February 1st, 2022
As a part of the ‘Habitat Homebuyer Program’, which develops and sells home to families with low to moderate incomes, they are trialling new and innovative ways to provide affordable…
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January 18th, 2022
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) welcomed the November announcement by Minister for Health Greg Hunt of the $10 million Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change….
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December 23rd, 2021
What an interesting six months since our June Newsletter, with most Housing for Health (HfH) projects being suspended (again) due to COVID-19 restrictions. Healthabitat has made good use of this…
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December 16th, 2021
Community collaboration and achieving a target percentage of local Indigenous employment is essential to the success of every Housing for Health project. Every Housing for Health project employs local…
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December 2nd, 2021
The Brownsville Partnership (BP) who are leading a Housing for Health Project in Brownsville, New York are doing a great job, getting the hang of the licensed ‘Survey and Fix’…
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November 18th, 2021
In October, Shelter NSW hosted an open forum discussing how Councils can deliver stronger outcomes on affordable housing for their communities across NSW. Councillors, candidates, council staff and community members…
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November 8th, 2021
Over the past 20 years of Housing for Health, project teams have witnessed many failed showers – one of the most important pieces of Health Hardware in a house. All…
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