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UniSA to lead research on sustainable neighbourhoods
Researchers at the University of South Australia will support housing research across a diverse range of areas in 2021, including leading a project on sustainable precinct development, and contributing to four other studies under the National Housing Research Program (NHRP).
The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has confirmed allocation of NHRP funding for 2021, with UniSA receiving approximately $200,000 from AHURI for this round of projects.
Co-Director of the AHURI UniSA Research Centre, Professor Stefanie Dühr, will be leading a project entitled ‘Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale’. The project will involve three other UniSA researchers, Dr Rob Crocker, Dr Stephen Berry, and Dr Jennifer Bonham and is part of a larger Inquiry into housing in a circular economy led by Professor Ralph Horne (RMIT).
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Update 11am: St Francis Xavier Parish in Ballina said all men formerly lodging at SHeraton House have been moved to similar services in the area. Paul Lloyd, Parish Business Manager, confirmed the information. All lodgers have been accommodated in alternative housing options mainly funded through the NSW Government. that is now fulfilling its housing responsibilities, he said. The homeless in Ballina are being assisted by facilities and organisations such as Harmony House, Mary s Place, St Vincent de Paul, North Coast Community Housing and the Department of Housing.
Original story: An accommodation service for homeless men owned by the Catholic Church in Ballina will be converted into into long-term affordable housing.
Elderly and low income earners living in tents amid Queensland s growing rental crisis
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Hervey Bay woman Cindy McLeoud said she was forced to camp in the park because there are no rentals available.
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A tent village has appeared in Hervey Bay, on Queensland s Fraser Coast, full of locals with nowhere else to go.
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About 40 to 50 people are turning up for rental inspections
Support providers are warning homelessness is a state-wide problem
Queensland s growing rental crisis has led to a spike in homelessness, with lower income earners and vulnerable people finding it too competitive to get a roof over their head.
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