R&D: New Training Boards
June 17th, 2026
New Traing Boards made for NSW Health. Taking lessons from the past the new training boards are just about to be put into the field Housing for Health training boards…
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Diphtheria, Crowding and lack of routine maintenance
June 10th, 2026
Cases of diphtheria in Australia have been rising since October 2025, with a sharp increase from February 2026. There have been 230 cases notified this year, roughly thirty times the…
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NEWS: 11,000 Houses
June 2nd, 2026
Housing for Health has now survey-fixed over 11,000 houses nationally since 1991. A huge milestone! Huge thanks to the hard work of literaly thousands of people over 40 years. Architects,…
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ADVOCACY: ABC Health Report – Housing and health: it’s about maintenance… and climate change
June 1st, 2026
Healthabitat Director David Donald recently spoke with Norman Swan and Dr Preeya Alexander on ABC Radio’s Health Report. LISTEN HERE The key points Healthabitat made were; Preserve and build on…
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NEWS: Northern Territory Social Housing Wait Times Measured in Years—Housing SA’s Race to 2030 Retrofit Data Demonstrates Climate Adaptation Solutions for Existing and New Housing Stock
May 7th, 2026
Northern Territory Government’s social housing application page states applicants may wait “years before you get an offer of social housing” depending on location and dwelling type. When housing supply requires…
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NEWS: Murdi Paaki Regional Housing Plan Documents Systematic Health Hardware Failures Across 17 NSW Communities—Nine Healthy Living Practices Framework Quantifies $435M Infrastructure Deficit
April 23rd, 2026
A regional housing and environmental health plan covering 17 Aboriginal communities across far western NSW explicitly uses Healthabitat’s Nine Healthy Living Practices as the assessment framework for documenting property condition…
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NEWS: Western Australia Embeds Nine Healthy Living Practices as Framework for Aboriginal Environmental Health Model—State Policy Formalizes Housing Hardware as Health Infrastructure
April 9th, 2026
Western Australia’s Aboriginal Environmental Health Model of Care, published in February 2025 by the Aboriginal Health Council of WA and WA Department of Health, explicitly embeds Healthabitat’s Nine Healthy Living…
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NEWS: National Climate Risk Assessment Identifies Infrastructure Risks for Remote Communities—Current Housing Maintenance Failures Demonstrate Immediate Adaptation Needs
March 26th, 2026
Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, released September 2025, identifies infrastructure and built environment risks as high to very high by 2050. The assessment involved over 250 climate experts and…
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NEWS: NT Study Quantifies Hospital Cost of Housing Failure – $72 Million Annually
March 12th, 2026
A Medical Journal of Australia study has put a dollar figure on the well established fact: poor housing makes people sick, and fixing it saves money. Environmental risk factors—primarily water…
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NEWS: National Clinical Guideline Embeds Housing as Health Intervention – Nine Healthy Living Practices Now Clinical Framework
February 26th, 2026
The second edition of Australia’s National Healthy Skin Guideline, endorsed by peak medical bodies including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, has explicitly positioned…
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NEWS: Queensland RHD Cases Drop 30%
February 12th, 2026
The “Ending Rheumatic Heart Disease: Queensland First Nations Strategy 2021–2024” report on heart disease (RHD) notifications in Queensland shows they have fallen by 30% in the past year, with acute…
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NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2025
December 18th, 2025
With your support, 2025 has delivered more positive impact — more houses fixed, more local jobs, and stronger outcomes for communities. Our advocacy, research and training work has also continued…
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