Historic 10-year remote housing partnership agreement signed

A new 10-year remote housing partnership agreement, designed to halve overcrowding in Aboriginal communities, was signed today at the remote community of Milikapiti on the Tiwi Islands.

The Partnership Agreement represents a new way of working collaboratively with Aboriginal communities and housing organisations towards a better remote housing system across the Territory's 73 remote communities,

The agreement commits Federal and Territory governments work with all 4 NT Land Councils and Aboriginal Housing NT to work together to:

• improve existing housing
• build houses that are culturally appropriate and meet NT climate challenges.

Construction of up to 2,700 new homes across the Territory will halve overcrowding in the next 10 years, aligning with the National Closing the Gap targets with:

• improvements in health, education and community safety
• opportunities for economic growth across the Territory.

The agreement also includes better repairs and maintenance in remote community housing and improvements and infrastructure upgrades in homelands.

This new National Partnership supports Local Decision Making, with a focus on:

• flexibility to support opportunities for local and Territory businesses and employment
• supporting Aboriginal Business Enterprises and
• improving housing and tenancy of remote housing.