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Are tiny homes the solution to the affordable housing crisis?

Erin Dolan, Senior Program Manager – Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Fri, 5 Nov 2021

Australia has two of the top ten most unaffordable housing markets in the world in Sydney and Melbourne.  A global pandemic has not made this situation better, with increased property prices in most Australian capitals. 

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Listening to locals for better granting impacts

Emily Berry, CEO and Johan Kortenhorst, Board Director Thu, 15 Jul 2021

When your community covers more than 20,000 square kilometres of rural land, natural and man-made disasters and emergencies are inevitable.

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Homelessness: the problem that can be solved

Thu, 8 Jul 2021

Homelessness has often been treated as a problem that cannot be solved. But what if there are ways to make a difference, by taking a more strategic approach?

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Using philanthropy to build affordable housing through alternative financing pathways

Erin Dolan, Program Manager- Homelessness & Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation Tue, 1 Dec 2020

​To use what is now a well-established cliché, these are unprecedented times. COVID-19 and the lockdown measures put in place have greatly affected our way of life. They have shown us the importance of having a safe, secure home – and also the large group of people who don’t have one.

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Housing Australians through COVID-19

Erin Dolan, Program Manager – Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Wed, 10 Jun 2020

There is a shortage of secure, affordable houses in Australia. We have known this for a while, but with the pandemic, this truth has become starker. 

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10 Ways Philanthropy is Housing Australians

Erin Dolan Program Manager - Homelessness & Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation Wed, 9 Oct 2019

Housing affordability in Australia has become dire, particularly in Australia’s two largest cities. Sydney and Melbourne now rank 3rd and 4th respectively in the list of most unaffordable cities of the world

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