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 Housing and Heat Survey

Australia's summers are getting longer and hotter. Our homes and suburbs are not always designed to help us beat the heat and our homes can be hard or expensive to cool.  We're asking what summer heat feels like and what can be done to help you stay cooler.

The ACOSS Heat Survey has drawn from the Summer Survey developed by Sweltering Cities and Healthy Homes for Renters and your de-identified answers will be added to thousands of others around the country to contribute to the Sweltering Cities' important research.
1.Name:
2.Email:(Required.)
3.Postcode:(Required.)
4.What is your age?(Required.)
5.Are you currently receiving (or in the process of applying for) JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, parenting payments or other income support payments?
(Required.)
6.Are you struggling with the cost of living?(Required.)
7.What is your living situation?(Required.)
8.What is the best way to describe your home in summer?(Required.)
9.Do you have air conditioning at home?(Required.)
10.If yes - How often have you had to avoid using air conditioning at home because paying for it was too expensive?
11.If no – What are the reasons you don’t have air conditioning?
12.When it gets very hot do you leave the house to go to a cooler location? (e.g. shopping centre, cinema, library)?(Required.)
13.Does anything prevent you from leaving the house to find a cooler location? (select all that apply)(Required.)
14.Do you ever feel unwell because of the heat?(Required.)
15.What do you think governments should be doing to manage heat risk? (select all that apply)(Required.)
16.Are you concerned that climate change may cause hotter summers?(Required.)
17.Can you share your personal story about how you’ve been impacted by heat, to help us provide media and decision-makers with real-life stories?(Required.)
18.If you have time, we have seven more multiple-choice questions that will help us understand how you experience heat at home.
Would you be able to continue the survey or would you prefer to submit your answers now?(Required.)
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