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In the Media 12th May 2021 in In the Media
In the Media 12th May 2021 in In the Media

Social housing, homeless left out in the cold

This opinion piece written for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Michael Fotheringham, Managing Director of AHURI, examines the key housing measures announced in the budget as well as the opportunities for reform that could still be considered across the housing continuum.

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brief 3rd May 2021 in brief
brief 3rd May 2021 in brief

COVID and the need for better standards in high-rise living

Although issues with the design and quality of living spaces in high density, high rise residential apartment buildings existed pre-COVID, the pandemic response restrictions that forced people to stay and work at home have focussed community concern on the problems of poor design and operation in some of these buildings.

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brief 30th April 2021 in brief
brief 30th April 2021 in brief

With rising energy costs, a growing need to measure energy stress

When extremes of weather sweep in, either colder or hotter, the impacts of energy poverty for lower income households become severe, with more than 6 per cent of deaths in Australia each year due to living in cold environments and one per cent of deaths heat related.

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