Australia is a large country obsessed with home ownership—data from the 2021 Census shows that the non-Indigenous home ownership rate is at almost 70%. During these sessions we will explore First Nations home ownership data and what more can be done across Australian to accelerate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander home ownership.
With very little change over the last decade in the count of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing homelessness in Australia, a new policy and funding approach is urgently needed. These sessions explore First Nations homelessness and homelessness service delivery, and how First Nations-led solutions aim to end homelessness in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We will build on these foundations and dig deeper into each topic with engaging panel discussions where dynamic speakers will share their knowledge and experience in breakout sessions. Over two exciting days we will focus on the following topics:
Community development is the process where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members take collective action on issues that are important to them. In the housing context, this has been done successfully with and without the support of government. In these sessions we will explore some of the important housing lessons in community housing that have been learnt.
A lack of government funding and no long-term planning or focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing in regional and rural areas means that often the way for someone to move from homelessness into a house is through the private rental market. However, supply is minimal and financially is increasingly unobtainable. During these sessions, we will explore what more can be done to accelerate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing in regional and rural areas.