Mark Yingiya Guyula MLA
AHNT members control the organisation. The members elect the directors; the directors govern; and the staff manage the operations.
The members are all Aboriginal-controlled organisations. Members can nominate representatives who joins the board of directors for a two-year term.
We host two formal members’ meetings each year.
We are open to hearing from members at any time – their experiences, questions, concerns, feedback, suggestions and ideas. Listening to our members ensures that we have a good view of the sector and can best represent it in our advocacy and policy work.
Sector strengthening
AHNT staff keep in touch with members to share news of Aboriginal housing and the broader contexts in which it is provided, managed and experienced.
We compile research reports, strategies, policies and other papers about Aboriginal housing. And we provide various ways to keep up with what’s happening in the field. We also:
Successful programs
AHNT administered a small grants program that strengthened the Aboriginal community housing sector. Other successful projects include:
Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory is a complex niche sector. To realise our vision we develop good policy and encourage governments and other stakeholders to embrace it.
Decent housing is a foundation for every other part of life: health, education, employment and so on. The policy landscape is broad and densely interwoven. For this aspect of our work we collaborate with APO NT, land councils, researchers and consultants.
The tragic events of last week are not the result of deficits within the Aboriginal community-controlledsector’s tenancy management practices on the Town Camps of Alice
MENU Kalano after the floods 24 March 2026 The recent flooding has had a significant impact on Kalano, with a number of our properties and
MENU AHNT Drawing on the Strength of the Homelands Sector Report 2026 The Northern Territory Government funded AHNT to consult with the homeland sector and
A strong system of Aboriginal housing demands strong relationships. We cultivate genuine, collaborative partnerships with other peak bodies, land councils, governments, research organisations, and key stakeholders such as the Northern Territory registrar of the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH).
We collaborate with Territory and Commonwealth governments, through the Joint Steering Committee on remote Aboriginal housing and its working groups, and we have a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NT Shelter and Menzies School of Health Research to advocate for the rights and interests of Aboriginal people and organisations.
Aside from members of AHNT, below are organisations we are associated with..
Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Aboriginal Housing and Homelands Conference. A highlight of our calendar, the conference will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton on the Esplanade in Darwin on May 20 and 21 2026. Use the link to register for tickets and use this opportunity to supply abstracts to speak at the conference.
We have an impressive line-up of keynote speakers growing so this prove to be a landmark event. With the focus on the sector and the levels of investments available we are looking forward to engaging with our members, partners and government contacts to share the landmarks of the past two years, looking forward to the progress we are making into the future.
Past Conferences
In April 2023 we hosted the inaugural conference on Larrakia country, in Garramilla (Darwin) – see the report (PDF, 3mb). In 2024 our second conference was in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).
With many esteemed keynote speakers we heard from people with knowledge and experience of:
