Funders
- Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development, Northern Territory Government
Collaborators
- Kalano Community Association, Ingkerreke Services Aboriginal Corporation, Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation
Aims:
The purpose of this study is to monitor and evaluate the Northern Territory Government’s Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program (HHIP). It considers the administration and delivery of the program in relation to:
1. Housing and infrastructure upgrade projects at selected NT homelands and outstations;
2. Territory-wide subprograms focused on sanitation, water testing and supply, and fire safety across funded NT homelands and outstations.
Background and Objectives:
The ‘Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program Monitoring and Evaluation Project’ follows a commitment by the Commonwealth Government in 2022 of $100m for homelands housing and infrastructure. The project is funded by the NT Government to independently evaluate the delivery of the HHIP, which is based on that funding.
The project is a developmental evaluation that aims to improve the delivery of the program as it is underway. It aims to examine program administration and complete a number of case studies related to specific upgrades projects.
Summary:
This project has employed interviews, participant observation, and document analysis. Interviews have been undertaken with public servants, staff of Aboriginal community controlled organisations, and householders. The final report includes five case studies, focused on housing and infrastructural refurbishments undertaken by Kalano Community Association at Rockhole, by Ingkerreke Services Aboriginal Corporation at Anpanaye, Burt Creek, and Corkwood Bore, and by Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation at Gan Gan, as well as examinations of the HHIP subprograms focused on Water Testing and Supply and Sanitation.
Implications for policy and practice:
While underway, this developmental evaluation has informed the delivery of the HHIP, in relation to its communication with key stakeholders, interaction with other government programs, collection of relevant data, and so on. Analysis of the HHIP will inform the development of homelands policy, specifically in relation to the ongoing service and investment obligations of government and non-government parties.
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Project dates:
July 2023 – September 2025
- Grealy, L. 2024. Trapped in the Homelands Policy Gap. Parity. October. 37(8): 22-23.
- Grealy, L. 2024. A Homelands Policy for the Northern Territory. Parity. June: 37(5): 37-39.
- Grealy, L. 2022. Slow Withdrawal as Managed Retreat: Dismantling and Rebuilding an Indigenous Community Controlled Housing Sector. Geoforum. 136. 173-185. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.09.002