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'Life changing' – what 50 years of community-controlled housing at Yumba-Meta tells us about home and health

  • Written by: Jessa Rogers, First Nations Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
'Life changing' – what 50 years of community-controlled housing at Yumba-Meta tells us about home and healthGetty/Attila Csaszar

How does having a safe, reliable place to call “home” affect the health of people and communities across generations? We spoke to staff and families at Yumba-Meta Ltd in Townsville, Queensland to find out.

Yumba-Meta is a community-controlled organisation that has delivered comprehensive support programs for 50...

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