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Pandemic is once in a generation opportunity to help homeless people stay off the streets for good – we must not waste this.
Whether it’s cars passing nearby, a neighbour’s blaring music or the constant drone of a lawnmower, the trouble with sound is that – unlike light – it can be hard to block out completely.
Working from home during lockdown reminded many of us of the benefits of office life. With a bit of imagination we could have the best of both worlds.
Resilience, humour, hardship and tragedy – a unique survey reveals how ordinary New Zealanders coped during one of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns.
People tend to pay attention when things get personal, so you need to know how climate change is damaging things in your life.
For so many people, Christmas movies are a link with a happy and safe childhood home.
The music we choose to listen to not only allows us to retreat into a place of peace and privacy, but also helps frame our daily routines and interactions with others.
With space at a premium, robotic furniture can transform a room in seconds. How will this affect our sense of belonging and feeling at home, when everything can change with a voice command?
The typical American’s annual household carbon footprint is over five times the world per capita average.
Your identity changes when you move house and, if that’s to a different community, your clothes change along with you.
Housing policy needs to prioritise housing’s function as a home, rather than an asset.
Think moving won’t change you? You might want to rethink that. To feel ‘at home’ you need to accept the new place where you live as part of your changing identity.
Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
Home can be a slippery concept. But psychologists have long understood that it plays a huge role in self-identity and emotional well-being.
The company has made the world flat (packed).
The latest 2016 Census data assesses what the national home ownership and rental rates are and how these vary location. It also gives us a picture of mortgage and rental costs.
A host of spaces that were once immune to commercial intrusion – from parks to our friendships – are now being infiltrated by advertisers. Are we being enslaved by a ‘merciless master’?
Crime is declining, but people are getting more and more defensive about their homes.
Changing home causes more than just social upheavel for youngsters.
Top contributors
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University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, Human Resources, Thompson Rivers University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing Studies, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Energy Advisor, formerly, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, University College Cork
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Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Caroline Robinson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor Podiatry, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
