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Routine maintenance is necessary for every homeowner. But for Black women, that burden is complicated by decades of redlining and the impacts of climate change.
On many dimensions, Millennials aged 25-35 are better off than were Boomers, with housing and the environment the big exceptions.
In a damp or water-damaged environment, toxic mould species grow and release spores that can cause health problems if inhaled.
People told us about leaking roofs and guttering, and about how water coming into their housing had caused internal damage, damp and mould.
In Australia, we do housing and we do health, but they sit in different portfolios of government and the policy dots aren’t joined often enough.
Months after Typhoon Washi tore through the Philippines in 2011, relocated residents were moving into newly built housing. They soon began modifying and extending homes that didn’t meet their needs.
Resettlement plans for large infrastructure projects don’t always go according to plan.
The difficulties for people facing housing disadvantage don’t end as soon as their situation improves. They are at higher risk of poorer mental health years or even decades later.
Having quality housing matters. What’s standing in the way of ensuring every Australian has housing that meets basic comfort and health standards? And how can we overcome these problems?
A survey of food bank users found nearly 60% couldn’t afford to adequately heat their homes.
Top contributors
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Nutrition, King's College London
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Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Architect, University of Liverpool
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University
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Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Architecture, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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Research Fellow – Informal Urbanism (InfUr-) Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research and Teaching Assistant, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
