Constructing and maintaining houses
May 29th, 2012
HH helped supply data and experience to assist Peter Phibbs complete this paper. The National Indigenous Housing Guide is noted as an important tool to improve housing: If used in…
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Venice Update: Bridging health and housing
May 29th, 2012
. . See if you can pick the connections in the image below. What is the story about??? . . .
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Cracks appearing ?
May 29th, 2012
BY: NATASHA ROBINSON From: The Australian May 29, 2012 12:00AM CONSTRUCTION firms contracted to build houses in Aboriginal communities may be tempted to “overcharge and under-deliver” as flawed remote housing…
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Erasing the Dots
May 1st, 2012
HH heard rumblings about the presentation material presented to the conference. Several reports about the HH paper were made public but we notice that a scant record of the conference…
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Venice Biennale thoughts progressing….
May 1st, 2012
Stay tuned for updates on what ideas will be presented and how in Venice. Some very rough working sketches are provided below to confuse and embarrass. HH will be putting…
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Even stars have to work
April 8th, 2012
A local village committee and construction workers get the animation and description of important aspects from Bishnu Shrestha (CHDS Nepal). Better informed committees and construction workers means better built systems,…
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Septic tank animation goes viral!
March 24th, 2012
Judith Torzillo was commissioned by HH to produce the animation and it was no easy task. The fact that over 19,000 people have viewed the short animation on You Tube…
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“More new houses in NT communities need repairs” ABC report
March 18th, 2012
Having documented poor construction in both new and upgraded houses, now other reports are starting to emerge about house construction quality. See the ABC report link and read more. These…
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“Worth of Indigenous housing jobs questioned” ABC report
March 18th, 2012
The report from the ABC questions the type of work that local Indigenous people were involved in during the $1.7 billion dollar Federally-funded Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Project (SIHIP) in the…
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Teeth and Toilets in Nepal
March 14th, 2012
The Community Health and Development Society Nepal (CHDS), works in many communities on a variety of projects to ensure the well being of some of the most marginalised people in…
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Invisible housing
March 14th, 2012
The brief extracts from the report’s index show the areas covered by the report and housing seems to be absent. As always we are prepared to stand corrected. Housing’s impact…
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Earth-ships, swags and sustainable design
March 7th, 2012
Small and totally dependent on careful siting in the surrounding environment to ensure a good night’s sleep. More important matters related to sustainability relate to the poorest people in Australia….
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