Indigenous housing - assessing the long term costs and the optimal balance between recurrent and capital expenditure
Summary
The aims of this project were to develop an understanding of the real costs of providing long term Indigenous housing; to clarify why cost differentiation exists between the provision of Indigenous specific public and community housing and mainstream public and community housing.
Project Number: 30282
Research Theme: Indigenous Housing
Project Leader: Hall, Jon
Funding Year: 2004
Research Centre: RMIT-NATSEM
Research & Policy Bulletin
Issue 072: The cost of housing in diverse Indigenous communities in Australia
Both state owned and managed Indigenous housing organisations (SOMIH) and Indigenous community housing organisations (ICHOS) experience operating deficits greater than those of mainstream public housing agencies. This deficit is due to poor quality and high maintenance housing stock, low rental streams, poor dwelling maintenance, poor management practices, and remote locations.
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Description
Some of the main findings from this research are:
- A strong contrast between the recurrent and capital situations of SOMIHs compared with ICHOs
- SOMIHs are in a reasonable financial situation and the dwelling backlog appears not to be significant and jurisdictions have programs in place to address this
- ICHOs have asset problems due, in part, to low revenue (and no recurrent grants) and how maintenance is spent
- Variations in capital and recurrent position of ICHOs due to geographic location (especially for remote and very remote areas)
More Information
Research and Policy Bulletin: Issue 072: The cost of housing in diverse Indigenous communities in Australia
124KB PDF Document
Final Report: No. 093: Indigenous housing - assessing the long term costs and the optimal balance between recurrent and capital expenditure
1.35 MB PDF Document
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