Housing, Home and Health: Understanding Aboriginal social housing tenants’ experiences

Housing, Home and Health: Understanding Aboriginal social housing tenants’ experiences

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm AEDT, online via MS Teams

Hosted by Family and Community Services Insights, Analysis and Research (FACSIAR) in conjunction with HOMES NSW

Details

Housing is an important social and cultural determinant of health. Aboriginal people thrive in good quality, stable housing that facilitates connection to Country, spirituality and culture, and is close to family, community, and culturally safe services. However, decreasing social housing stock and a complex housing provider system mean these priorities are not always met - impacting tenants’ wellbeing. In partnership with Dharawal and Bidjigal people connected to La Perouse in South-East Sydney, and non-Aboriginal researcher Jacek Anderst, the Housing, Home and Health study sought to understand Aboriginal social housing tenants’ meanings of home, housing priorities and experiences living in mainstream (non-Aboriginal-community-controlled) social housing.

In this FACSIAR Lunch and Learn webinar, Jacek Anderst from the Gunnu-maana (Heal) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW will share findings from the Housing, Home and Health study. Jacek will share the views of Aboriginal social housing tenants in South-East Sydney, outlining their housing priorities and highlighting areas where lived experiences diverge from their housing needs and offering practical recommendations for change.

The webinar will be chaired by Dr Jessica Stewart, Executive Director, FACSIAR, Department of Communities and Justice.

Join us to learn more about:

“Housing, home and health: Understanding Aboriginal social housing tenants’ experiences”

Presentation from:

• Jacek Anderst – Research Fellow, Guunu-maana (Heal) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW

Panel discussion:

• Aunty Lola Ryan (Dharawal woman) - Aboriginal Health Worker, Child & Family Health Team, Community and Population Health, South East Sydney Local Health District

• Rhianna Russell - A/Senior Program Officer, Aboriginal Strategy, Housing Strategy & Policy, HOMES NSW

• Georgeina Clear - Manager, Policy & Evidence, Aboriginal Housing Office, HOMES NSW

• Natalie Clark - Manager, Operational Policy & Rent Systems, Practice & Permanency, HOMES NSW

Questions or comments?

Contact: ResearchPartnerships@dcj.nsw.gov.au