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Remote Housing Arrangements in the NT Aboriginal Housing Forum Darwin, Hilton 7 March 2018 Dr Josie Douglas – Manager, CLC Policy Central Land Council Remote Housing Arrangements in the NT Aboriginal Housing Forum Darwin, Hilton 7 March 2018 Dr Josie Douglas – Manager, CLC Policy Central Land Council • Statutory authority under Land Rights Act NT (1976) and Native Title Act (1993) • Long history of working effectively in region – land claims, land use agreements, land management, advocacy, community and economic development • Strong representative organisation - governed by a Council of 90 traditional owners CLC Region – southern half of NT • 24,000 constituents • 15 languages, across 771,747 square kilometers • More than 400,000sq kms (50%) is Aboriginal freehold Tenure status of main communities ALRA – Aboriginal Ali Curung freehold Alpurrurulam CLA – NT freehold Amoonguna ALRA Ampilatwatja ALRA Apatula (Finke) NT freehold Areyonga ALRA Atitjere CLA Canteen Creek Under Claim Daguragu ALRA Engawala CLA Haasts Bluff ALRA Hermannsburg (Ntaria) ALRA Imangara CLA Imanpa CLA Kalkaringi NT freehold Kaltukatjara (Docker River) ALRA Kintore ALRA Lajamanu ALRA Laramba CLA Mt Liebig ALRA Nturiya ALRA Papunya ALRA Pmara Jutunta ALRA Santa Teresa ALRA Titjikala CLA Wallace Rockhole ALRA Wilora CLA Willowra ALRA Wutunugurra CLA Yuelamu ALRA Yuendumu ALRA Remote Housing and Tenure - Background • Until 2008 all community housing was managed by ICHOs, around 75% were run through the local councils, with no tenure • June 2007 Howard announced the – NTER – the ‘Intervention’ • NTER - compulsory acquisition of five year ‘leases’ over most remote communities (31 in the CLC area) • Australian Government became the landlord and in September 2007 they signed an MoU with the NT Government: ‘for all communities, access to…funds for repairs and upgrades will be dependent on those communities agreeing to the transfer of their housing to publicly owned Territory Housing..’ Background • The five year lease allowed the wholesale take-over by Territory Housing • ‘Secure tenure’ policy was driven by both levels of government – no investment in remote communities without a lease being secured. • CLC region – three housing leases were requested over the major RSD communities – Yuendumu, Ntaria and Lajamanu • Only these three communities were to be offered new houses under the SIHIP program, conditional on acceptance of a forty year housing lease • All three eventually agreed Background • Offers for voluntary housing leases for the remaining communities were received close to the end of the expiry of the five year leases in 2012 • These offers were even less attractive to landowners as no new houses were included, only continued R&M funds and another round of housing upgrades. • 25 communities in Central Australia have now consented to these leases • Consultations in remaining 5 communities (Yuelamu, Haasts Bluff, Daguragu Wallace Rockhole and Amoonguna) did not result in a community housing lease with the Commonwealth Government having now withdrawn its offer for a housing lease in these communities. CLC Response – focus on diversification • The need for secure tenure brought the CLC firmly into the housing space • Agreement on housing lease key terms early 2012 • CLC model - Executive Director of Township Leasing (EDTL) for 40 years, sub-lease to Territory Housing for limited period, generally 6 years • Opportunity at that point for the EDTL to provide the sub-lease to other housing providers Ali Curung 1 July 2013 $6.75 million 6 years Commencement Date: 1 July 2013 Expiry: 1 July 2019 Alpurrurulam 30 April 2014 $6.14 million 6 years Commencement Date: 30 April 2014 Expiry: 30 April 2020 Ampilatwatja 18 July 2014 $3.71 million 6 years Commencement Date: 30 July 2013 Expiry: 30 July 2019 What do we want? - Tenure • Tenure policy needs to match housing policy objectives – need to work cooperatively with the land councils to get this right. • Ensure tenure allows for future diversity, ie sub-leases to NTG expire around 2018/19/20, and EDTL can provide sub-leases to other providers (or by agreement at any time). • Recognise the 40 year leases, and stop changing the goal posts. What does the CLC want? A remote social housing system that actually works. The objectives of the CLC in relation to housing are: • Move away from monopoly public housing system, this is likely to mean sub- leases to alternative providers • Address the social determinants of health including by reducing overcrowding and ensuring houses are well designed and maintained • Support the development of a diverse housing sector combining Aboriginal control and specialist advice within a strong governance framework • Ensure local control over housing decisions, through local or regional community housing organisations • Increase local Aboriginal repairs and maintenance capacity so as to maximise local employment and improve response times What does the CLC want? • Ensure remote housing tenancy management is culturally appropriate, fair and local • Comply with national housing standards and benchmarks • Access all possible Commonwealth & Territory subsidies • Increase the options for affordable housing, within a financially sustainable model • Ensure Australian Government commitment beyond 2018 for housing funding.
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