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DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
NT Budget – Housing Funding and
Initiatives
Presented by: Mychelle Curran
Date: 28 May 2013
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DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
NT Budget – Housing Funding and Initiatives
$270 million, in conjunction with the Commonwealth, for new
and upgraded housing
$195 million in capital works
$14.5 million in minor new works
$32.3 million (grants) remote
$26.8 million repairs and maintenance – urban and Government
employee housing
Funding to DLPE to fund acceleration of land release
Continued funding for affordable housing through Real
Housing for Growth plan
New and upgraded housing in remote communities
Funding to improve and upgrade urban public housing
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DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
NT Budget – Real Housing for Growth plan
$3.8 million for the head lease initiative allocated in 2013-14
Climbing to $9.9 million in 2015-16
On track to deliver 2 000 new homes over 4 years
Head lease initiative is the major strategy under the plan
Currently in negotiations for 800 dwellings across the Territory
The Plan includes:
– the home ownership loan package, HomeBuild Access;
– Affordable house and land packages in government land
releases
– continued financial support for Venture Housing company; and
– the head leasing rental initiative
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DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
NT Budget – Urban Public Housing
$52.94 million to upgrade and improve urban public housing
$13.4 million for new construction
$3.4 million to refurbish unit/flat complexes
$12.7 million for targeted upgrades and minor new works
programs
$22.8 million for repairs and maintenance
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DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
NT Budget – Remote Housing
$216.5 million to upgrade and improve remote public and Government
Employee housing
$139.6 million for remote Indigenous housing capital works
$44.6 million for new, upgraded and minor new works to Government
Employee housing in remote communities
$32.25 million for repairs and maintenance grants to service providers
Plus additional $17.4 million for remediation and removal of asbestos
products
Total property and tenancy management services funding of $60 million
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DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
NT Budget – Urban Housing Tenancy Support
Programs and Specialist Homelessness Services
• $5.6 million committed as NT matching for supported
accommodation and TSP under NPAH
• $7 million in joint Commonwealth and Territory funding for
Specialist Homelessness Services
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