Create a dedicated, ring-fenced Homelands New Housing and Enabling Infrastructure Stream within the NT remote housing architecture, co-designed with Homelands organisations, and wäŋa-waṯaŋu mala, to fund new builds, replacement homes, site works, water, power, sewerage, roads, maintenance and local Aboriginal-controlled delivery. Our Core Ask defines essential benchmarks ensuring residents thrive on Country. Collectively, these initiatives establish our foundational position: Healthy Homelands, Healthy People. This is our shared vision.
The ask is not vague. It is not simply “more money for Homelands”. It is a policy change.
It says:
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Homelands must be recognised as a legitimate housing geography.
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New housing on Homelands must become eligible for funding.
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Repairs and upgrades must continue, but they are not enough.
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New homes must be supported by enabling infrastructure.
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Recurrent maintenance and essential services must be funded from the start.
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Local Aboriginal-controlled delivery, jobs and enterprise pathways must be built into the model.
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Planning, cultural authority and technical readiness must guide investment.
The Core Ask
The current funding architecture recognises remote housing need and Homelands need, but it does not yet close the policy gap. Remote communities have a long-term new housing commitment. Homelands have repairs, maintenance and upgrades. These are important, but they do not provide a proper pathway for planned growth, replacement housing or new homes where families want to live on Country.
Our argument is not that governments have done nothing. Our argument is that the work is incomplete.
Finish the job. Honour the commitments. Close the policy gap. Put homes back on Homelands.
Healthy Homelands need healthy housing policy. Healthy housing policy must include new builds on Homelands.
Action