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An Australian-first social enterprise model – Elevate Housing
Feb 05

An Australian-first social enterprise model – Elevate Housing

With rental stress impacting more West Australians and tipped to get worse in the coming months, Foundation Housing has announced…

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Noongar Art Classes a big success
Nov 12

Noongar Art Classes a big success

The creative juices followed freely during the Noongar Art Classes held at our Bennett Street complex in East Perth as…

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Orana partnership helps women and children escaping family and domestic violence
Jul 30

Orana partnership helps women and children escaping family and domestic violence

Foundation Housing has recently expanded its partnership with domestic violence support agency Orana House with the addition of another property…

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Recipients of inaugural Kathleen Gregory Scholarship announced
May 28

Recipients of inaugural Kathleen Gregory Scholarship announced

Foundation Housing has marked National Reconciliation Week by awarding its inaugural Kathleen Gregory Scholarship to further the study goals of…

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WA Government needs to maximise stimulus opportunities
Aug 08

WA Government needs to maximise stimulus opportunities

Amid months of negative economic data, the latest interest rate cuts and the clear suggestion that there are more to…

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Good policy ensures that everyone has a place to call home
Apr 11

Good policy ensures that everyone has a place to call home

This article originally appeared in The West Australian on 11 April 2019. What ought to be the purpose of housing…

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Why we think it’s time to #raisetherate of Newstart
Nov 27

Why we think it’s time to #raisetherate of Newstart

Tracey is 49 years old and has lived in a Foundation Housing unit for the last four years.  Although she…

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Tackling poverty in WA: let’s start at the beginning
Oct 17

Tackling poverty in WA: let’s start at the beginning

It’s sobering to consider that around 2.2 million Australians live in relative poverty. What is particularly distressing about this statistic…

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Sustaining tenancies that are failing makes good sense
Jun 22

Sustaining tenancies that are failing makes good sense

The waiting list for social and community housing properties in Western Australia currently has around 20,000 names on it and…

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Five barriers that stop people moving on from a lodging house
Apr 10

Five barriers that stop people moving on from a lodging house

Foundation Housing manages 406 rooms in 16 separate lodges in Perth and Fremantle in Western Australia and sees first hand…

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