Mayor Edgar Mora Altamirano has for 8 years actively sought to engage citizens in the development of the the city, concentrating on detail and the fine grain usually missed by urban planning.
Today is the first anniversary of the online release of Housing for Health - the Guide
Similar words have been used to describe work completed on Indigenous housing upgrades around Australia over the last 5-6 years but here they come from South Africa.
Linking wasted resources and a movie proving the failure to deliver improvement in an Indigenous community may be the first sign of a new policy direction from the Australian Governement.
The Australian notes that 'Warren Mundine is angry that critics have remained silent about wasted money in the nation’s remote housing program.'
Illustration source: Sturt Krygsman for The Australian
Do we need another pilot program to show that working plumbing is important to Aboriginal people?
A note from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing.
A story in the weekend Australian newspaper (23/11/13) notes 'Tony Abbott picks industry leaders for 'the indigenous dozen''
At the recent environmental health conference in Adelaide National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference, 12-15 Nov 2013, Adelaide a very interesting discussion about a new edition of the National Indigenous...
After many years of rolling out the $5.5 billion remote Indigenous housing program, the first assessment of what has been delivered has been released.