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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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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Reflection: Volunteer Housing for Health reflections
December 18th, 2025
Dan & Emily reflect on their experience volunteering for 4 weeks across 3 projects in the NT. Their invaluable backgrounds in health, architecture and construction were put to the test….
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RESEARCH: Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) “Turn Down the Heat” initiative
November 20th, 2025
Designing for the Climate We Have (and the One We’re Getting) Heat is Australia’s deadliest natural hazard, and as temperatures rise, the challenge of keeping our communities safe and healthy…
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ADVOCACY: “Roadworthy” Housing. Regular servicing keeps cars working, why not houses?
November 6th, 2025
Governments service their fleet cars annually. Why don’t they do the same for a house? Every car in Australia needs a rego check. It’s simple: if you don’t service your…
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CONFERENCE: Dave Donald speaks at Mparntwe Conference
October 23rd, 2025
HH Director speaks at Mparntwe Conference Over three days, 11–13 September 2025, 90 people gathered in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) to attend Mparntwe: When You Come to Another Country, a conference…
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