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Posted inHousing, Uralla

Future affordable housing planned for Uralla Shire Council’s Hill Street site

blankby New England Times News DeskJune 16, 2025June 16, 2025

Uralla Shire Council has taken the first step in addressing growing housing pressures, resolving to transfer land at 15 Hill Street to Homes North Community Housing

Posted inInvestigation, Social issues and services

Poverty surge in the New England: Part 3

by Hamish BatleyNovember 26, 2024

Systematic upheaval, on a social, economic and political scale, is required to address our current poverty crisis. But it’s not as complex as that sounds.

Posted inInvestigation, Social issues and services

Poverty surge in the New England: Part 2

by Hamish BatleyNovember 24, 2024

Several leading voices have gone on record raising their concerns and observations about why poverty is rising in the region, with housing – or lack of it – topping the list of concerns.

Posted inInvestigation, Social issues and services

Poverty surge in the New England: Part 1

by Hamish BatleyNovember 22, 2024

Data and reports from those who work in the sector indicate the New England region is facing an escalating crisis of poverty and economic disadvantage.

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