Yesterday, Ken Fong (E-Lab) joined the HEAL Vic CoP to talk about the WELL for Residential certification. The certification takes a holistic approach, considering building materials, amenities and design to improve our health. What’s one thing you would change in your home for better health?

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 by Maria Rosa Gatto shows the negative mental health effects linked to living in damp housing are more severe for people with chronic respiratory conditions. Read the paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/54f2

📣New paper by Erika Martino, Ang Li and @rebeccabentley.bsky.social shows older adults, women and those living in rural areas in Australia were more likely to experience delays and cancellations for their medical care during #COVID-19. Read the paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/m2i2

The ABC reported (go.unimelb.edu.au/wyr2) that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯𝟯.𝟰% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁. This means 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 people are spending >30% of their income on housing costs. For lower-income households, spending just 𝟯𝟬% on housing costs can = housing affordability stress.

Today is Extreme Heat Awareness Day. If you're a renter, it probably would be pretty hard not to be aware of the extreme heat you've been put through over the last few weeks. Research shows that renters' homes tend to be less energy-efficient.

📰 📣 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! Find out about new papers, events, projects and what we've got planned for 2026 - go.unimelb.edu.au/air2 Want to get the newsletter straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our website: www.healthyhousing-cre.org

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 by Cong Khanh Tam Le, Ang Li, @rebeccabentley.bsky.social and Lay San Too uses Ang Li's Social Vulnerability Index (go.unimelb.edu.au/ugx2) to examine the association between #socialvulnerability and suicide at the population level. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: go.unimelb.edu.au/ygx2 #mentalhealth

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