No. 430

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

WRITTEN QUESTION

Ms Moss to the Minister for Housing:

Remote Housing

Since 30 June 2012, by financial year and region, including since
July 2015 by region, how many houses under the NPARIH (formerly SIHIP) and Stronger Futures funding streams have been:

a)  added,

b)  replaced or

c)  refurbished?

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Under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, for the period 1 July 2012 to 29 February 2016, a total of:

·  172 new additional houses were constructed;

·  305 existing houses were replaced; and

·  537 existing houses were rebuilt or refurbished.

During this period, a total of 805 existing dwellings were also upgraded under the National Partnership Agreement on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory.

A breakdown of achievement by financial year and region is at Attachment A.

Attachment A

Table 1: Remote Indigenous Housing Capital Works from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Region / NPARIH New Additional / NPARIH Replacements / NPARIH
Rebuilds and Refurbishments / SFNT
Upgrades
Arafura Region / 0 / 0 / 54 / 63
Arnhem Region / 44 / 74 / 181 / 5
Barkly Region / 22 / 0 / 15 / 0
Big Rivers Region / 37 / 52 / 79 / 20
Central Australia Region / 28 / 4 / 101 / 0
2012-13 Total / 131 / 130 / 430 / 88

Table 2: Remote Indigenous Housing Capital Works from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014

Region / NPARIH New Additional / NPARIH Replacements / NPARIH
Rebuilds and Refurbishments / SFNT
Upgrades
Arafura Region / 6 / 9 / 4 / 51
Arnhem Region / 23 / 12 / 7 / 127
Barkly Region / 1 / 29 / 7 / 70
Big Rivers Region / 5 / 22 / 40 / 132
Central Australia Region / 5 / 27 / 49 / 151
2013-14 Total / 40 / 99 / 107 / 531

Table 3: Remote Indigenous Housing Capital Works from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

Region / NPARIH New Additional / NPARIH Replacements / SFNT
Upgrades
Arafura Region / 0 / 17 / 31
Arnhem Region / 1 / 11 / 5
Barkly Region / 0 / 0 / 3
Big Rivers Region / 0 / 6 / 0
Central Australia Region / 0 / 0 / 24
2014-15 Total / 1 / 34 / 63

Table 4: Remote Indigenous Housing Capital Works from 1 July 2015 to 29 February 2016

Community / NPARIH New Additional / NPARIH Replacements / SFNT
Upgrades
Arafura Region / 0 / 34 / 3
Arnhem Region / 0 / 8 / 0
Big Rivers Region / 0 / 0 / 8
Central Australia Region / 0 / 0 / 112
2015-16 Total To Date / 0 / 42 / 123