First Nations housing

NT’s new Indigenous housing initiative: Constructing climate-resilient homes

Anthony Albanese launched the Governments’ $4 billion dollar housing initiative with great fanfare just a few weeks ago. However the local Wilya Janta Housing Collaboration want to design housing that suits communities, suits the environment and is culturally sensitive. Image: Image: Courtesy Dr Simon Quilty – 1970’s Humpy Tennant Creek Produced By: Frances Du Featured …

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New project to build ad-hoc Aboriginal houses in NT

An organisation in the Northern Territory is developing culturally safe and climate-appropriate housing in remote Aboriginal communities.The project called Wilya Janta, means ‘Standing Strong’.Its aim is to collaborate between Traditional Owners, medical professionals, and architects to build houses. The first ones are set to be finished in Tennant Creek this year. PRODUCED BY: Kate Lyons-Dawson, …

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