Supporting our members
Benefits of belonging
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:
- host conferences and other forums for networking and exchange, and
- arrange workshops to support Aboriginal housing organisations to grow stronger.
Successful programs
AHNT administered a small grants program that strengthened the Aboriginal community housing sector. Other successful projects include:
- Ngurratjuta Aboriginal Corporation used their grant to engage a consultant to support their process of registering under NRSCH
- Wilya Janta used grant to support a Warumungu trip to Central Arnhem to see some houses that were self-built by community members in the 1980s and to talk about good design for climate and culture
- Ngaliwurru-Wuli Aboriginal Corporation used their grant to send board members to a governance training course.
