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. Each member can nominate for its representative to join 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. Sometimes we advocate for a particular member.
Storytelling
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. Our newsletters celebrate progress and identify challenges and opportunities.
Sector strengthening
On this site 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
- as needed, arrange other workshops to support Aboriginal housing organisations to grow stronger.
Small grants program
For two years (July 2022 to June 2024) AHNT administered a small grants program to strengthen the Aboriginal community housing sector. We will seek further funding to continue this program. A few successful projects are described below.
- Ngurratjuta Aboriginal Corporation used their grant to engage a consultant to support their process of registering under NRSCH – and as of February 2024, Ngurratjuta is registered.
- 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.
Browse the below events, resources and grants for ways to further strengthen your organisation or community.
Events
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Major gathering to rethink housing
Key workers and stakeholders are gathering to untangle complex issues of homelessness; crowded houses; impoverished homelands; and beleaguered town camps and community living areas. Read…
Resources
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How to talk about people sleeping rough
People sleeping rough have a challenging time in many ways. Let’s not make it any harder for them. How to Talk About People Sleeping Rough…
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NT focus for homelessness magazine
Over 100 pages of experiences, opnions, and accounts of the severity and complexity of homelessness in the NT, especially for Aboriginal people
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Photos: housing changes
For the 2024 Aboriginal Housing and Homelands conference we prepared a photographic exhibition, ‘Housing changes’. The idea was to show the various forms that Aboriginal…
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Clean energy projects – planning and negotiating
Our friends at the First Nations Clean Energy Network have published two resources for communities planning a clean energy project:
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Cool living in a hot, dry climate
A resource about making Central Australian houses more comfortable to live in.
Grants
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Grants to do a VET course
Northern Territory Government offers grants for regional and remote communities to train workers to do local projects. People looking for work are eligible for funding…