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Report: Aboriginal housing improvement is the way forward |
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A study, published in the ANZ Journal of Public Health on 18 February 2008, demonstrates housing maintenance is a key to improving indigenous health:
The state of health hardware in Aboriginal communities in rural and remote Australia (PDF). The study demonstrates that improvements in the living environment for Aboriginal people will require a sustained commitment to the planning, funding and implementation of maintenance programs in addition to adherence to the design, construction and supervision detail outlined in the National Indigenous Housing Guide. The Journal is published by Public Health Association Australia.
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Report: Australian Indigenous housing research |
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The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute released a report in December 2007, entitled Australian Indigenous housing research: a review and audit.
The evidence base available to support policy reform in Indigenous housing is considerable. A multi-disciplinary field of study has, since the 1970s, established knowledge of housing design, housing management, the occupation and use of housing, home ownership, and housing and well-being.
Download the report (PDF 143k) |
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Australia under fire on Indigenous housing |
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Australia's housing record has been strongly criticized by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Miloon Kothari.
The Special Rapporteur, who visited Australia in August 2006, was particularly disturbed by the adverse housing conditions he witnessed in both urban and rural Indigenous communities. He reported that Indigenous communities are facing a severe housing crisis, evidenced by the lack of affordable and culturally appropriate housing, the lack of appropriate support services, the significant levels of poverty and the underlying discrimination. |
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