Kalano is responsible for housing across three communities and some residential leases in Katherine.At that time he remembers housing was a significant issue."I've seen some improvements since then, but I wouldn't say big," he says."Kids, students studying, having a place to their own in their house to be able to find some quiet time is important."A pink house in Rockhole community.
These included "overcrowding and homelessness", "a large backlog of repairs and maintenance", "the condition of some housing being uninhabitable" and a "lack of land availability for the construction of new accommodation units within the Katherine township and [surrounds]."Gazing across the space, Emil Nasarenko, Kalano's housing and essential services manager, says the organisation wants to build more housing.
Homelands, or outstations, are often smaller in size and can be more geographically isolated than remote communities. A review of the NT government’s homelands policy, released last year, found one third of 2,400 houses on homelands had substantial or longstanding issues that necessitated rebuilding rather than repair.NT Remote Housing Minister Chansey Paech late last year said he had asked for a meeting with federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt to discuss the “dire need” for housing on homelands.
The spokesperson added "state and territory governments remain responsible for housing and municipal services in their jurisdictions" — a line used consistently by the Commonwealth when the NT government requests more funds for housing."If we could build units and houses … we could solve the homeless problem in Katherine," he says.According to government statistics, the homelessness rate in Katherine is twice the NT average, and 31 times the national rate.
While Aboriginal Territorians make up about 30 per cent of the NT population, about 80 per cent of COVID-related deaths in the NT are Aboriginal people, a large proportion of them remote residents.
This will never be fixed. Governments must build to the BCA which requires qualified builders, sparkies and plumbers. These are trades that are in short supply and most won't work there at any cost because of the theft and violence.
I suspect many of those city dwellers who tut at aboriginal housing crisis have ever lived in a remote area with high indigenous population. Some of the housing problems , especially overcrowding are self inflicted and not always the fault of govt ( fed, state, local ).
Taxpayer-funded housing is cultural appropriation and western imperialism.
Duh! Out of sight in remote Australia, people decide to live and the rest of Australia has to spend tax dollars to supply housing. Wrong! It's remote, move somewhere more normal. Why the hell would you want to be there, your choice, your problem.
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