Rebecca McLaughlan

1 month ago | thefifthestate.com.au | Jialing Xie |Rebecca McLaughlan |Ian Woodcock

Governments are all on board the transit oriented development train, and NSW is ahead, being the first to focus on housing for seniors. But without a clear vision, we may miss the opportunity altogether. Transit oriented development (TOD) is a key focus of many Australian state governments, yet NSW is the first state to formally integrate seniors’ housing into the TOD policy.

1 month ago | thefifthestate.com.au | Magnus Moglia |Jialing Xie |Rebecca McLaughlan |Ian Woodcock

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1 month ago | thefifthestate.com.au | Jialing Xie |Rebecca McLaughlan |Ian Woodcock

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Aug 30, 2024 | mh.bmj.com | Rebecca McLaughlan

It has long been acknowledged that hospital environments generally and, by extension, those created for palliative care should feel more homely than institutional. Bates (2018, 5) has written about the various ways that homeliness, as a concept, has surfaced through the history of hospital architecture as a desire to ‘humanize’ healthcare environments and make them less ‘inhospitable’.

Aug 16, 2024 | theconversation.com | Alistair Sisson |Cameron Logan |Michael Zanardo |Rebecca McLaughlan

The New South Wales government is forging ahead with renewal of the state’s largest public housing estate. Developer Stockland and three community housing providers are contracted to deliver the first stage nearly a decade after it was announced. Some 749 homes are to be demolished and replaced with more than 3,000 new apartments. Following the Minns government’s changes in 2023, Waterloo South will comprise 30% social housing, 20% affordable housing and 50% market-rate housing.