On rejecting the dehumanisation of housing
Between the free market economy, negative gearing and Airbnb, have we forgotten what we built houses for in the first place? As a place to rest, eat, enjoy our lives and raise families.
Housing & homelessness
Impact stories: the number of young people experiencing homelessness is on the rise
Sian has had an unsettled life, and like a growing number of young people, has experienced homelessness throughout. This is her story.
Life on the Margins: a review of Blue Lake
In Blue Lake, David Sornig writes about the vulnerability and resilience of a forgotten area of Melbourne, and the people who inhabit it.
The boy in the striped prison uniform: a review of Capharnaüm
In one of the opening scenes of Capharnaüm (2018), a boy in a striped prison uniform enters a crowded courtroom. Zain (Zain al-Rafeea) is already a celebrity of sorts, a child who brings a lawsuit against his own parents with the encouragement of a current affairs TV show. He has no birth certificate and no […]
Could sky-high house prices lead to a new uprising in Hong Kong?
Can you imagine living in the world’s least affordable city to buy a home? Here’s what the residents think about the unfolding housing crisis in Hong Kong.
David
Poet Andy Jackson writes about bodily difference and in his latest collection he explores Marfan Syndrome through a series of portraits.
Death Trap Tower
Mark Marusic reflects on the Grenfell Tower fire in this poem Death Trap Tower.
City of Sirens
Performance poet Saoirse Nash reflects on inequality and housing affordability in her latest piece, City of Sirens.
Housing: always was and always will be a human right
Housing affordability in Australia is reaching crisis point.
The price of privacy
Government policy increasingly defines the limits of the right to privacy, excluding marginalised socio-economic groups from its protection.
Nowhere to go – older women and housing vulnerability
The number of older women who are rental tenants in Australia is growing, and so is housing insecurity.