A landmark four-billion-dollar housing deal has been signed off in the remote Northern Territory with the goal of building more than two and a half thousand homes in the next decade. The federal government pledges the deal will cut overcrowded housing in the NT by half within ten years, but with a lengthy wait list, it will not be an easy target to hit.
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00:00A fire lit to usher in a new era of home builds in Australia's remote north.
00:08What it means to the Northern Territory is 2,700 new homes in the bush.
00:13The Tiwi people putting on a welcome show like only they can.
00:19As federal and territory ministers gathered with heads of the NT's four Aboriginal land
00:24councils to sign off on the historic deal.
00:28The 10 year $4 billion deal comes with the ambitious pledge to halve rates of overcrowded
00:33housing in the Territory by 2034.
00:36I know it's achievable but the other thing that's different about this it is not just
00:42governments making decisions on behalf of communities and that is why the four land
00:48councils are co-signatories to this agreement.
00:53Here on the Tiwi Islands there's optimism at the new agreement as some residents prepare
00:57to move into new homes after waiting years to get the keys.
01:02This couple in Millicarpetty finally preparing to move out of their ageing and overcrowded
01:07house into a new government built dwelling.
01:10It's like you've got no room in your house so we have nine people living in a three bedroom
01:15and now we're going to have a five bedroom so that's more space for all of us.
01:22It's been a long at times frustrating process securing a home but the 15 year wait has finally
01:27paid off.
01:28Long process, long journey but we got there, we finally got there so we're going to start
01:33fresh.
01:35One family's joy as thousands of others hold out hope that change is coming.