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APO NT Forum Home is where the heart is: Remote housing 1 D A P H N E H A B I B I S S C H O O L O F S O C I A L S C I E N C E S U N I V E R S I T Y O F T A S M A N I A Indigenous Housing Policy 2 Since the 1970s there has been a

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D A P H N E H A B I B I S S C H O O L O F S O C I A L S C I E N C E S U N I V E R S I T Y O F T A S M A N I A

APO NT Forum Home is where the heart is: Remote housing

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Indigenous Housing Policy

 Since the 1970s there has been a shift from policies of

self-determination to ones of mainstreaming in housing management and housing service delivery in urban and remote areas

 This has been accompanied by increased demands for

behavioural change, e.g. rent payments, home maintenance

 End of tied/specified funding for urban Indigenous

housing

 Significant investment in remote housing but

accompanied by withdrawal of funding from many ICHOs

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Challenges of Service Delivery

 Land tenure  Recognition of traditional

wnership

 Politicised context  Community governance  Housing shortages  Absence of a housing market  Distance to regional centres

and between settlements, poor transport networks

 Availability of skilled housing

management and maintenance workforce – difficulties of supervision

 Adequate IT equipment and

infrastructure

 Access to facilities providing

safe workplaces

 Communication difficulties:

language, distance, culture

 Differences in connection to

place, housing practices, meanings of house, home, land, tenant, cultural practices e.g sorry business

 Impact of extreme weather

events on occupancy and access

 Large household sizes  Cost of living  Access to other services  New requirements for tenants

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A Flexible and Diverse Aboriginal housing system

Strong evidence base that the diversity of Aboriginal communities, the cultural differences and the remote contexts requires housing policies and services that are:

 Flexible in terms of policies and the way services are

delivered

 Adaptive in terms of who the providers are

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Tenancy Management Arrangements

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AHURI Study

Stage 1: 2013 Identify progress of NPARIH reforms and reasons for different mix of services delivery housing in remote communities; Establish feasibility for further investigation Stage 2: 2014-5 Assess tenant satisfaction; cost analysis and sustainability of service delivery post-NPARIH Methods: Investigative Panel, case studies, interviews, survey.

 Ngukkur, Northern Territory  Cooktown, Wujal Wujal, Queensland  Amata, Mimli, Pipilyatja, South Australia  Bayulu, Yakanarra, Western Australia

 Kununurra, Western Australia

Researchers: Daphne Habibis (UTAS) Rhonda Phillips (UQ), Angela Spinney (Swinburne) Peter Phibbs (Sydney)

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Achieving Positive Outcomes

 Evolving nature of

arrangements for service delivery

 Some improvements in

housing conditions but crowding remains a concern

 Concerns that budget

constraints mean R&M limited to high priority maintenance raising concerns about protection of assets and tenancy standards

 Rent setting and collection:

remain challenging areas

 Pressures on head tenants  Employment: vital to have

experienced staff, OH&S

 Indigenous employment:

targets, cultural knowledge and commitment, cultural security

 Tenant property care:

wilful damage/wear & tear

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Policy Lessons and Future Planning

 Tension between national policy context of

mainstreaming and requirement for

 flexible policies that take account of local contexts  a range of models of housing delivery  importance of building trusting local partnerships and

ensuring strong inclusion/participation of Indigenous tenants, community members and organisations

 need to develop and implement policies incrementally