Category: Liveable cities
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VIDEO: Over 40 Victorian orgs and leaders come together to lay out priorities for heatwave adaptation and transformation
The Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance was founded in 2023 to bring together organisations and leaders from across the city who are working to reduce the impacts of rising temperatures, support communities to build resilience, and tackle the root causes of heat vulnerability. At the first meeting in February, the Alliance agreed to run a heatwave…
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“My health began to suffer:” Sue’s experience living in a hot suburb
Sue is a Moonee Ponds local, a suburb in Melbourne’s inner city. Before moving to Moonee Ponds, she lived in a dangerously hot rental home with no insulation, and the heat ended up making her sick. Now, she lives in a cool home that protects her from the heat, but she is still worried about…
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Heatwave Safe Homes for Renters event
Last Thursday, over forty people came together for our ‘Heatwave Safe Homes for Renters’ event at Trades Hall in Carlton, with more people joining online. To prepare us for the hot summer ahead, we heard from an incredible panel of renters, health and housing experts about the risks of living in dangerously hot homes and…
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“I have spent 18 out of 20 years of my life in rentals”: a young renter’s dispair
IL* is a talented artist and renter from Victoria. In this blog post, she shares her incredible paintings that tell the story of growing up in poorly built rental homes, without adequate cooling, heating or insulation. IL has changed her name because she is worried about backlash from landlords or real estate agents. “It’s rather…
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Our submission to the NSW inquiry into Western Sydney’s transport needs.
In 2023 the NSW Legislative Council is holding an inquiry into the current and future transport needs of Western Sydney. You can read more about the inquiry here. Sweltering Cities made a submission to the inquiry that focusses on our Busted Bus Stops campaign and includes dozens of community comments from our bus stop mapping…
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The worst bus stop in Sydney winner announced!
Congratulations to bus stop 275912 in Erskine Park for being voted the worst bus stop in Sydney! This stop has it all, or should we say ‘has nothing at all’?
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“Why should people have to suffer?”: Peter’s story of living in Melbourne’s baking hot public housing
For the last five years Peter has been living in high-rise public housing in Flemington, a suburb north of the city. In the three decades since Peter moved to Australia, he has seen Melbourne’s summers grow hotter, more intense and harder to cope with. A lack of insulation and cooling measures means that Peter has…
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Interview with Barbara Schaffer, GANSW Principal Landscape Architect
To celebrate National Tree Day, Sweltering Cities spoke to Barbara Schaffer, Principal Landscape Architect for GANSW (The Government Architect NSW), about designing liveable cities that ensure the health and wellbeing of communities. Barbara’s role involves guiding policy and advocacy to enable landscape architects to positively contribute to healthy, resilient and sustainable places. As a landscape…
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Sweltering Cities submission to the Victorian Government’s rental crisis inquiry
Over the last few weeks, we have been collecting stories from renters across Victoria about what it feels like to live in a hot home. We have compiled these stories into our submission to the Victorian Government’s inquiry into the rental and housing affordability crisis. These powerful stories paint a stark picture of the struggles…
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Building momentum: Third Heatwave Safe Rentals campaign meeting plans summer event
Last week, renters and supporters came together for the third Heatwave Safe Rentals campaign meeting, to plan an upcoming summer event and discuss how we can take advantage of the Victorian Government’s inquiry into the rental and housing crisis. The campaign gained momentum with the addition of new supporters joining the meeting, united by a…