Stuck in the Heat
Current climate change projections indicate the region will experience increasing temperatures in the future.
Tag Archive for: Aboriginal Housing
Homes for All: A Roadmap to Affordable Housing
To say that housing in Australia is broken is an understatement. It is in meltdown, and we won’t be able to truly fix it until we redesign our housing policies.
NAIDOC Week
We are committed to championing the Uluru Statement from the Heart within our organisation and our networks.
Aboriginal Short Stay Accommodation Program
A downloadable form to apply for the working group can be found at the link and contains some more information about their involvement.
Building Tenancy Skills Co-Design Team
Knowing this history means they can take a trauma informed approach and better understand the support needs of each family.
Moorditj Mia (Strong Home)
The service is being delivered consistently with Housing First, and finding housing is the highest priority element of the caseworker; however, housing remains scarce in the midst of WA’s rental crisis.
‘What works’ to sustain Indigenous tenancies in Australia
Only around a third of Indigenous Australians own their own home, compared to two-thirds of non-Indigenous people.
Collective effort to improve housing market in regional centres
Their newly released Housing Solutions and Action Plan outlines RACWA’s objective to increase awareness of housing issues in regional WA.
WA ACCO Peak Body Project Update
In order to progress the project, a subcommittee of the AHCWA Board, the AHCWA Social Services Committee, has been established.
Noongar Housing First Principles
The research was conducted by Sandra Harben at Noongar Mia Mia and were endorsed by the Telethon Kids Institute Ngullar Coorlungar Elder co-researchers.
Sustainable Indigenous housing in regional and remote Australia
The adoption of life-cycle costing frameworks offer potential to reduce expensive responsive repair work while guaranteeing amenity to householders.
Specialist homelessness services annual report
The specialist homelessness services web report is an annual report summarising data from the Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC).
Homes for ‘Tent City’ occupants welcomed
Confirming the pain felt by many people in the private rental market, the latest release of the Rental Affordability Index (RAI) reveals that rents across Western Australia remain unaffordable for many West Australians, in particular for people on low incomes.
Budget: High-Level Overview
Shelter WA has put together this High-Level overview of some of the housing and homelessness provisions in the WA 2020-21 Budget Papers.
Budget: Investment in social housing and homelessness a positive start to recovery
Shelter WA congratulates the McGowan Government on its fourth budget. Having a safe and secure home and building the homes so nobody is left behind is critical not only to keeping everybody safe but to drive economic and social recovery.
Elders’ Meeting
Facilitating the conversation between the Elders and the Minister was Shelter WA Board Member and Chair of Noongar Mia Mia Mr Gordon Cole who reflected on the solutions needed to increase housing supply and end homelessness for Aboriginal people.
