The commitment includes $100 million for immediate works on 'urgent housing and essential infrastructure' in Northern Territory homelands, where a recent report said hundreds of homes were in disrepair and new builds were critically needed.
Federal Labor has promised to extend a housing funding agreement intended to reduce widespread overcrowding in remote Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory if elected next month.Labor has pledged $100 million for immediate work on homelandsThe party says it would also immediately spend $100 million on urgent housing and infrastructure on the NT's homelands, which are tiny communities with small populations established on culturally significant lands.
"Spending on health, education and employment will offer a much bigger return if we also improve access to safe and adequate housing in remote Australia," she said. "Labor understands the need to work with First Nations peoples to address overcrowding and run-down housing if we are to be successful in closing the gap."The party's commitment means if it forms government, federal contributions to the issue will continue beyond the expiry of the existing $550 million agreement in June next year.
The length and cost of the new agreement is expected to be reached in negotiation with the Northern Territory government. The $100 million is intended to improve living conditions for thousands of people living on homelands, where numerous rundown homes are in need of replacement, according to a
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