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Dilemmas for Housing Reform in Northern Territory Aboriginal Settlements Report 76 2010 Discordance, mobility and agency: Dilemmas for housing reform in Northern Territory Aboriginal settlements Ruth Elvin Sonja Peter Rae Porter Metta Young Discordance, mobility and agency: Dilemmas for housing reform in Northern Territory Aboriginal settlements Ruth Elvin Sonja Peter Rae Porter Metta Young Contributing author information Desert Knowledge CRC Report Number 76 Information contained in this publication may be copied or reproduced for study, research, information or educational purposes, subject to inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. ISBN: 978 1 74158 175 3 (Online copy) ISSN: 1832 6684 Citation Elvin R, Peter S, Porter R, and Young M. 2010. Discordance, mobility and agency: Dilemmas for housing reform in Northern Territory Aboriginal settlements. DKCRC Report 76. Ninti One Limited, Alice Springs. Corresponding Author: Ruth Elvin, Centre for Appropriate Technology. [email protected] +61 8 8959 6148 For additional information please contact Ninti One Limited Publications Officer PO Box 3971 Alice Springs NT 0871 Australia Telephone +61 8 8959 6000 Fax +61 8 8959 6048 www.nintione.com.au © Ninti One Limited 2010 The work reported in this publication was supported by funding from the Australian Government Cooperative Research Centres Program through the Desert Knowledge CRC. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Desert Knowledge CRC or its Participants. The Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (2003–2010) was an unincorporated joint venture with 28 partners whose mission was to develop and disseminate an understanding of sustainable living in remote desert environments, deliver enduring regional economies and livelihoods based on Desert Knowledge, and create the networks to market this knowledge in other desert lands. Acknowledgements The research for this Report would not have been possible without the permission and assistance of the Local Advisory Boards and residents of the communities of Lajamanu and Ali Curung. The authors would also like to thank the group of community researchers who were crucial to the development, implementation and local review of the project. In Ali Curung, thank you to Savannah Long, Rosie Holmes, Janet Simpson, Martha Poulson, and Jacqueline Robertson. In Lajamanu, thank you to Zena Kelly, Denicia Luther, Kylie Patrick, Tanya Hargreaves, Natasha Robertson and Matrina Robertson. Thanks also to all the people working in Ali Curung and Lajamanu in the shire offices and local businesses for their time and help in providing information and organising trips and meetings. Local government officials for the Barkly and Central Desert Shires were generous with their time and perspectives, as were the representatives of the Territory and Australian Governments in Tennant Creek, Alice Springs and Darwin. Finally, thank you to John Guenther whose help with analysis of the first round of interviews was enormously valuable. II Ninti One Limited Discordance, mobility and agency: Dilemmas for housing reform in Northern Territory Aboriginal settlements Contents Abbreviations/Acronyms ..................................................................................................................... .......................VI Executive summary .............................................................................................................................. ......................... 1 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. ......................... 3 2. Literature review ...................................................................................................................... ......................... 4 2.1 Evidence-based policy making ...................................................................................... ......................... 4 2.2 Mobility literature ......................................................................................................... ......................... 6 2.3 Housing design literature .............................................................................................. ......................... 9 2.4 Mobility and housing management literature ................................................................ ....................... 11 2.5 Agency .......................................................................................................................... ....................... 15 2.6 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... ....................... 16 3. Methodology ........................................................................................................................... ....................... 18 3.1 Research permission ...................................................................................................... ....................... 18 3.2 Demand and supply side data gathering ........................................................................ ....................... 19 3.3 Research limitations ...................................................................................................... ....................... 20 3.4 Community researchers ................................................................................................. ....................... 21 4. The research sites ..................................................................................................................... ....................... 23 4.1 Ali Curung ..................................................................................................................... ....................... 24 4.1.1 Language groups .................................................................................................. ....................... 24 4.1.2 Housing stock ....................................................................................................... ....................... 25 4.2 Lajamanu ....................................................................................................................... ....................... 25 4.2.1 Languages and traditional ownership ................................................................... ....................... 26 4.2.2 Housing stock ....................................................................................................... ....................... 26 5. Research results ........................................................................................................................ ....................... 27 5.1 Round 1 – Telling the house story ................................................................................. ....................... 27 5.1.1 Time in community and current house ................................................................. ....................... 27 5.1.2 Obtaining Housing ................................................................................................ ....................... 27 5.1.3 Size ....................................................................................................................... ....................... 28 5.1.4 Household composition ........................................................................................ ....................... 28 5.1.5 Visitors .................................................................................................................. ....................... 28 5.1.6 Repairs and maintenance ..................................................................................... ....................... 29 5.1.7 Training ................................................................................................................. ....................... 29 5.1.8 Rent payment ....................................................................................................... ....................... 29 5.1.9 Governance changes ............................................................................................. ....................... 29 5.2 Key results from interview rounds 2 and 3 ................................................................... ....................... 30 5.2.1 Intra-community mobility .................................................................................... ....................... 30 5.2.2 Reasons for changes ............................................................................................. ....................... 30 5.2.3 Management of change ........................................................................................ ....................... 31 5.2.4 Tenancy agreements and rules .............................................................................. ....................... 31 5.2.5 Awareness of housing and local government reforms .......................................... ....................... 31 5.3 Supply side results ......................................................................................................... ....................... 31 Discordance, mobility and agency: Ninti One Limited III Dilemmas for housing reform in Northern Territory Aboriginal settlements Contents cont’d 5.3.1 Housing management prior to July 2008 ........................................................... ....................... 32 5.3.2 Housing management post-July 2008 ................................................................ ......................
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