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Rutherford Community Mural complete in time for Youth Week 2021
19 April 2021
Torrential rain and covid lockdowns may have stalled the completion of the Community Mural in Churchill Crescent, Rutherford, but nothing will dampen locals’ enthusiasm when the vibrant mural was created in time for Youth Week.
Hunter homeless and housing update
7 April 2021
A recent state-wide count of people sleeping rough conducted by the NSW Government has revealed that in Maitland (2020/12 – 2021/3) there was a decrease of nine, and in Port Stephens (2020/4 – 2021/11) an increase of seven from last year.
$3.9 Million Boost for Social Housing and Jobs in the Hunter
31 March 2021
Hume Community Housing has been granted just under $4 million by the NSW Government to upgrade 70 social housing properties to provide jobs and improve homes in the Hunter region.
The future of community housing includes social solutions - CEO Nicola Lemon interviewed in The Fifth Estate
18 March 2021
Hume Community Housing's Chief Executive, Nicola Lemon was recently interviewed by The Firfth Estate to discuss the role of community housing and its role in social solutions.
Community Is King for War-torn Armenians in Telopea
16 February 2021
Sonia Artinian is an active member of the Christian Armenian community in Sydney and no stranger to trauma. Her family left Syria in the 1990s to seek a better life in the West, but in 2011 Daesh (ISIS) looted and seized the property they kept in Syria, destroying the building in the process. There could be no return.