The first early-warning bells sounded in the Positive Life NSW office in January 2020, as mainstream news filtered in about an unknown pneumonia-like illness showing up in China. With the news coming hot on [...]
Some of us like having our own space. We can walk through our front door at the end of a stressful day with the knowledge that you are walking into your very own Fortress [...]
Transfer – To move from one place to another. Sounds pretty simple right? Not when it comes to social housing it ain’t. Sure, you may think you can just swan into your local housing [...]
Finding yourself in a situation where you literally have nowhere to stay the night must be an upsetting and overwhelming feeling. For people living with HIV, this can be a frightening reality. Recently, SBS [...]
Living in social housing can sometimes feel like a minefield when it comes to the behaviour of your fellow tenants. You may be a model tenant, mindful of others, music kept at a respectable [...]
Waiting times for assessing a social housing application, a change of circumstance, or a housing transfer have ballooned from weeks to months. Receiving a housing offer can take years even with priority approval. For [...]
Many years ago I visited a client in his home address. I had been told by other services that this particular gentleman was a serious hoarder. The morning of the visit I mentally prepared [...]
It might be issues with neighbours, or feeling judged, even being mistreated and discriminated against. Perhaps it’s a much needed maintenance issue that is repeatedly overlooked by your Housing Customer Service Officer. Or it [...]
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Not exactly sure what old Charlie Dickens was banging on about (never read the book) but it can certainly sum up living [...]
We all hope and aspire to live in a home of our choosing. To be able to feel safe and comfortable in our own space. To have our own kitchen to cook the food [...]
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