Housing

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety turns its attention this week to hearings focused on younger people with disabilities living in residential aged care facilities. Around 6,000

Sarah Brady was a 39-year-old woman who could walk, talk and eat solid food when she was put into a nursing home to share a room with someone in their

Disability advocates have renewed their push for local councils nationwide to ensure that new housing is universally accessible to address what they describe as a critical shortage of accommodation.

Access to adequate, safe, secure, accessible and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. But in Australia, right now, housing disadvantage is impossible to ignore, and the situation is particularly

Ageing parents worn down by years of caring for their intellectually disabled adult children living at home are calling on both sides of government to provide them with independent housing…

Home modifications can help delay institutional care, creating benefits for the individual, the taxpayer and the healthcare system. A UNSW Built Environment professor is determined to improve the accessibility of…

A severe shortage in housing suitable for Victorians with “complex needs” - people who need considerable social and health support - means hundreds of the state’s most vulnerable people, including