About AHNT
Aboriginal Housing Northern Territory (AHNT) Aboriginal Corporation is the community-controlled peak body for Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory.
Housing Logistics
The geography of the Northern Territory makes it expensive and challenging to provide housing and related services. The land mass is 1.3 million square kilometres, and around 80,000 Aboriginal people live in 4 urban centres, 73 remote communities and over 500 homelands/outstations.
There are not enough houses, and those that are there are often run-down, and are inadequate, both culturally and climatically. Realising our vision of ‘Aboriginal housing in Aboriginal hands’ is a challenge that requires a sustained effort on multiple fronts to improve the systems for Aboriginal housing.
Many Aboriginal houses are severely overcrowded, in itself a form of homelessness, putting more pressure on the house hardware, making things less reliable through overuse, particularly as there are major deficiencies
when it comes to implementing regular and affordable repair and maintenance.
All those factors combine to limit health, education and employment prospects for Aboriginal people. We must change the system – a fact that is recognised in the ambitious plan to Close the Gap, to which both Territory and Commonwealth governments are signatories.
We work together
AHNT works with the four Northern Territory land councils, the Northern Territory and Australian governments, our members and other stakeholders in the housing sector to influence policy, improve practice and promote agency and transparency in decision-making around Aboriginal housing.
We have an incredible responsibility – and privilege – to help bring about long-lasting, meaningful change for Aboriginal people, who will benefit from a strong and prosperous Aboriginal housing sector.
Key documents
- The rule book (PDF 747kb)
- Financial reports 2022–23 (PDF 9mb)
- Annual Report 2023–24
- Strategic plan 2024–27 (PDF 3.2mb)
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