Results

Data from all houses tested since 1999.

Shown below are the function rates of houses before and after Housing for Health work has been completed, and give a snapshot of the living conditions of Indigenous people in urban, rural and remote housing around Australia. Housing for Health started nationally in 1999.
Results
Housing for Health projects aren’t about measuring failure — they’re actually about improving houses.

This is by a simple, standard test. In the case of the shower: does it have hot and cold water, two taps that work, a shower rose to get water onto your head or onto your body, and a drain that takes the water away? Not well-designed, not beautiful, not elegant — just that they function. And the same tests for the electrical system and the toilets.

This approach has been examined independently by the NSW Department of Health which found a 40% reduction in hospital admissions in communities that had received a Housing for Health program.

Improved House Function How much have HfH projects improved house function?

Before

74%

After

94%
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A. Safety

Houses with power, water and waste connected.

Before

9%

After

83%
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A. SafetyElectrical

Houses with safe electrical systems

Before

32%

After

55%
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A. SafetyGas

Houses with a safe gas systems

Before

20%

After

64%
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A. SafetyStructure and access

Houses with a safe structural systems

Before

20%

After

50%
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A. SafetyFire

Houses with a safe fire systems

Before

39%

After

88%
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1 – Washing People, particularly children

Houses with a working SHOWER

Before

64%

After

88%
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1 – Washing People, particularly children

Houses with a working a space to wash a YOUNG CHILD IN A BASIN, BATH OR TUB.

Before

29%

After

74%
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2 – Washing Clothes and Bedding

Houses with LAUNDRY SERVICES working with or without a washing machine.

Before

60%

After

92%
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3 – Removing waste water safely

Houses with a WORKING TOILET

Before

20%

After

58%
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3 – Removing waste water safely

Houses with a ALL DRAINS WORKING

Before

8%

After

29%
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