The JHNA Insights

Dr Johari Hussein Nassor Amar
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We design the world around one version of life. Then life changes. The JHNA Insights is a podcast grounded in a human centric built environment, bringing people, place, property and progress into one conversation. Each episode draws on research, practice and lived experience to explore how we live, move, work and belong. If the system has ever felt like it was not designed with you in mind, you are not imagining it.

  1. 4d ago

    Episode 2.7 Why the Homes That Would Help You Are the Ones You Can’t Afford with Liza Neil and Véronique Lutchmaya

    Finding a home is hard enough. Staying in one, affording to run it, and adapting it when life changes? That is where the housing conversation gets more complicated. In this episode, I speak with Liza Neil, a Principal Architect with more than three decades of experience, and Véronique Lutchmaya, Founder & CEO of Unique Tenants Consult, who built her business from her own experience advocating for tenant rights. Together, they trace the gap between what gets built and the people those homes are supposed to serve. Listen to find out: Why the person managing your home can enter the industry with no prerequisitesWhy commercial tenants are treated as clients worth keeping, while residential tenants often are notWhy protections in the landlord-agent relationship do not necessarily extend to the renterWhy single parents and single renters are being priced out of a market that was never designed to include themWhy a home that works at 30s may leave you with few choices at 60sWhat Australia's WWII housing response can teach us about building smaller and thinking differently about interventionSo perhaps the real question is not simply: “Can I find a home?” But: “Was this market ever designed with me in mind?” Keywords: Australian housing crisis, rental affordability Australia, tenant rights Australia, rental reform Australia, affordable housing, accessible housing, ageing in place, housing stress, property management Australia, livable housing, rent stabilisation, energy efficient rental homes

    Episode 2.7 Why the Homes That Would Help You Are the Ones You Can’t Afford with Liza Neil and Véronique Lutchmaya

  2. Aug 2

    Episode 2.6 The Bill That Never Stops Comings with Jenny Danson

    The greatest cost of an unhealthy home is not the electricity bill, but the lasting impact on the people living inside it. In this episode, I speak with Jenny Danson, Founder and CEO of the UK’s Healthy Homes Hub and Innovation Champion at the 2026 Housing Innovation Awards. Drawing on Jenny’s UK experience in a system with around 4.2 million social housing homes, the conversation explores what Australia can learn from treating housing as a health issue, not just a financial asset, and what happens when that approach fails. These are the questions at the heart of the conversation: What changed after the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, and why did his family’s struggle for repairs become a national turning point?Why do invisible risks such as poor indoor air quality and radon remain outside many housing decisions?What is missed when mould, heat, cold, fire and electrical hazards are treated as isolated defects?Could maintenance data and Internet of Things sensors help providers act before residents become seriously unwell?Is Australia designing homes for today’s climate, or for the more extreme heat and health risks of the future?Listen to discover who ultimately pays the bill for unhealthy housing, and learn what must change before today’s housing problems become tomorrow’s health crisis.

    Episode 2.6 The Bill That Never Stops Comings with Jenny Danson

  3. Jul 26

    Episode 2.5 When Every System Fails You at Once with Joel Dignam

    In this episode, I speak with Joel Dignam, Building Better Homes Campaign Lead at the Summer Foundation and Founder of Better Renting, about what it would take for renting to become a genuine long-term option across the life course. One aha moment is that people may buy and sell several homes as their lives change, not because they want to keep purchasing property, but because renting never gave them enough security to adapt. Listen to discover: • Why staying in the same home and asking for nothing can be mistaken for proof that the home works • How the cost of a rental bond can keep someone in housing that no longer meets their needs • Why coordinating broken systems can create another layer of bureaucracy instead of a solution • What happens when a housing system passes 85 per cent capacity and loses the flexibility to function • Why renting may suit real life better than owning, if Australia gives renters genuine security Also worth listening to: Episode 1.1 Crossing Borders - Housing Futures Between Tweed NSW and Gold Coast QLD with Jackson Hills and John Engeler Episode 1.12 Reframing the role of inclusive housing in Australia’s traditional housing system with Nicole Doherty

    Episode 2.5 When Every System Fails You at Once with Joel Dignam

  4. Jul 19

    Episode 2.4 Ageing in place or ageing stuck in place? with Nick Ryan and Amanda Bailey

    Ageing in place sounds like the goal. But someone can remain in the same home for decades and still become stranded when the GP retires, the bus route changes and neighbours no longer answer the door. In this Episode 2.4, I speak with Nick Ryan of Lutheran Services and Amanda Bailey of Faith Housing Australia about the gap between ageing in place and ageing stuck in place. Listen to discover: Why homes designed for one stage of life can quickly stop working when health, mobility or family circumstances change.How a single household can support or fail multigenerational families, including carers and people with disability.What happens when renters need home modifications but do not control the property or how long they can remain there.What long social housing waits and rigid eligibility rules mean for people facing illness, disability or relationship breakdown.How people become stranded without moving when transport, healthcare, shops and community connections disappear around them.Which inclusive housing models are already working and why housing, health and care systems must stop treating one life as separate policy problems.This conversation asks a bigger question: can our homes, neighbourhoods and policies adapt with us, or are people being forced to fit places that no longer fit their lives?

    Episode 2.4 Ageing in place or ageing stuck in place? with Nick Ryan and Amanda Bailey

  5. Jun 14

    Episode 2.3 There Are More Ways to Live Than Own or Rent with Emily McMullan

    Housing security is no longer just a question of owning or renting. As affordability pressures increase, more people are turning to co-ownership, long-term renting, shared equity, community land trusts, co-operatives and other alternative tenure models. But what happens when life changes? In this episode, I speak with Emily McMullan, Founding Principal of McMullan Lawyers, about the legal realities that sit behind housing arrangements, especially when relationships break down, people need to exit co-ownership, renters age in place, or alternative tenure models become more complex than expected. The conversation explores: Why housing disputes often begin as life events, not legal problemsThe risks hidden behind co-ownership and alternative tenure What renters need to understand in a long-term housing marketThe gap between having rights in theory and using them in practice Why people need clearer information before signing housing agreementsHow housing disputes can become safety, health and homelessness risksOne of the central questions from the episode is simple:What rights am I getting, and what am I giving away? This episode also connects with Episode 1.13 on navigating the rental market during the housing crisis, reminding us that housing security depends not only on access, but also on clarity, protection and the ability to live through change without losing stability. McMullan Lawyers also offers a one-hour free consultation, which may be a valuable opportunity for people facing housing insecurity, property disputes, tenancy issues, or those wanting to better understand their rights before buying, renting or entering an alternative tenure arrangement. #HousingSecurity #AlternativeTenure #PropertyLaw #HousingAffordability #RentingRights #Co-Ownership #HousingCrisis

    Episode 2.3 There Are More Ways to Live Than Own or Rent with Emily McMullan

  6. May 23

    Episode 2.2 Your Home Is Doing More Work Than You Think with ⁠Simon Kuestenmacher and ⁠Terry Rawnsley⁠

    Housing is never just a place to live. It shapes how we age, work, connect, move and belong. In this episode, I speak with Simon Kuestenmacher, Co-founder and Director of The Demographics Group, and Terry Rawnsley, Director of Planning & Infrastructure Economics at KPMG Australia, about the deeper role housing plays in our lives. We explore how housing is tied to demographic change, infrastructure, affordability, ageing and household needs. The conversation looks at the growing mismatch between the homes we build and the lives people are actually living, from large homes on the urban fringe to expensive inner-city housing and limited options for ageing and middle-income households. Simon and Terry also unpack why the system keeps producing patterns that do not always make economic or social sense, and what could change if planning, feasibility and human need were better connected. Tune in for a thoughtful conversation about why housing is never just housing, and why our homes are doing far more work than we think.

    Episode 2.2 Your Home Is Doing More Work Than You Think with ⁠Simon Kuestenmacher and ⁠Terry Rawnsley⁠

  7. Apr 25

    Episode 2.1: A Home Should Last a Lifetime But Most Don’t with Dr Tanja Tyvimaa

    We design homes for one version of your life. Then life happens. Australia spends around $500 million a year adapting homes after a fall or injury, not counting the costs when households grow, shrink or shift in what they need. These costs show up later but they start with how we design and build. In this episode, I speak with Finland-based housing specialist Dr Tanja Tyvimaa about why housing needs to work across a lifetime, not just at move-in. She is involved with the Carbon Neutral Tampere 2030 initiative, with work centred on the building life cycle in residential development across municipal government, private developers and investors, and has led projects at universities in Finland, Australia and the US. From everyday design decisions to system-level choices, the question is simple. Why are we still building homes most people will outgrow?

    Episode 2.1: A Home Should Last a Lifetime But Most Don’t with Dr Tanja Tyvimaa

  8. 12/15/2025

    Episode 1.13 Navigating the Rental Market During Housing Crisis with Alice Pennycott and Leo Paterson Ross

    Renting in Australia is no longer just expensive. It is unstable, exhausting and quietly wearing people down. In this episode of Navigating the Rental Market During Housing Crisis, I am joined by Alice Pennycott, Principal Lawyer (Tenancy) at Circle Green Community Legal in WA, and Leo Paterson-Ross, CEO of the Tenants' Union of NSW and a representative of the National Association of Tenant Organisations. This is an honest conversation about what renters are facing, beyond the headlines and the data: Why Australia’s rental system rewards profit while stability falls through the cracksHow vacancy rates mask the reality of people being pushed out, not just priced upWhy doing everything right no longer protects renters from serious mental and financial strainWhy different eviction laws in NSW and WA still produce the same fear of losing homeWhat we lost when housing stopped being a public good, and why rebuilding at scale mattersWhy rental or homelessness insurance won't solve this, and what actually wouldThis conversation names what renters know but rarely say out loud: the fear of being labelled difficult, the data you give up just to compete and the exhaustion of living on the edge. Contrary to what we hear often, this is not a wicked or unsolvable crisis. It’s systemic, human-made and entirely fixable — not through personal resilience, but by changing a system broken by design. What would it actually take to make renting stable, dignified again and humane again? If you rent, work in housing or want to understand why so many people feel stuck despite doing everything right, this is a grounded and necessary discussion worth listening to. #HousingAffordability #HousingInsecurity #HousingJustice #NSWRenters #TenancyRights #WArenters

    Episode 1.13 Navigating the Rental Market During Housing Crisis with Alice Pennycott and Leo Paterson Ross
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We design the world around one version of life. Then life changes. The JHNA Insights is a podcast grounded in a human centric built environment, bringing people, place, property and progress into one conversation. Each episode draws on research, practice and lived experience to explore how we live, move, work and belong. If the system has ever felt like it was not designed with you in mind, you are not imagining it.

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  • Creator
    Dr Johari Hussein Nassor Amar
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Dr Johari Hussein Nassor Amar
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