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Canada’s ability to produce food hinges on hiring migrant agricultural workers. Yet, housing for these workers is often overcrowded, dangerous and undignified.
We know what needs to be done, but it depends on the political will to act. And some states and territories have failed to adopt actions to improve housing quality that were agreed in 2022.
Mould is a health hazard and renters are most at risk. Here experts in health, law, building and construction examine the problem of mould in homes and offer guidance for both renters and landlords.
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, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor in Architecture, Adelaide University
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Research and Teaching Assistant, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Housing, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor and Architect, University of Liverpool
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Research Fellow – Informal Urbanism (InfUr-) Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Nutrition, King's College London
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Lecturer in Humanitarianism and Development, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
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ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield
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Adjunct lecturer, Victoria University