Indigenous Housing

The research in this theme addresses different aspects of Indigenous housing. It examines:

• how housing need is shaped by subjective aspirations and preferences and by trends in family and household formation, labour market participation and residential mobility
• the dynamic interrelationships between the different tenures, their associated forms of housing assistance and their role and function in the overall housing system
• how housing policy and housing assistance might be designed to assist the development of better environmental health, education and employment outcomes for Indigenous people
• the longer-term economic, social, environmental and cultural outcomes of current housing policies and programs
• the 'place, house and home' needs of Indigenous peoples and how to address these needs through housing and other service responses that secure sustainable solutions and support stable life conditions.

In May 2001 the Commonwealth, State and Territory Housing Ministers adopted the policy Building a Better Future: Indigenous Housing to 2010 (BBF). This policy of ‘safe, healthy and sustainable housing for Indigenous Australians' aims to provide better housing and housing-related infrastructure, to secure improved environmental health outcomes for Indigenous people.

AHURI research is making a valuable contribution to current policy debates about Indigenous housing. Research has examined:

• Indigenous housing need and how it is shaped by subjective aspirations
• residential mobility in remote and rural Indigenous settlements and its particular implications for housing need
• the access of Indigenous people to mainstream public and community housing
• the financial viability of Indigenous Community Housing Organisations
• the organisational structures of ICHOs and the factors that affect the viability of this sector
• services and policy supports needed for sustainable tenancies for Indigenous families

Current work is also examining:

• How trends in family and household formation, labour market participation and residential mobility shape the housing careers of Indigenous households living in urban areas

AHURI Research and Policy Bulletins

Succinct summaries of the research background, methodology, findings and subsequent policy implications for Indigenous Housing

Research Projects

Current and previous research projects on Indigenous Housing

Key Authors

Researchers writing about Indigenous Housing

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