Community housing

Community housing is social and affordable housing for low to moderate income earners.

To deliver this housing in the Northern Territory (NT), Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development (DHLGCD) works with registered community housing providers who own or manage them.

These providers are generally not-for-profit. They’re also registered under the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH) that aims to ensure a well-governed, well-managed and viable sector.

To support their delivery of cost effective housing services, DHLGCD assists them through funding initiatives and policies. They can also access other funding such as:

• tax exemptions
• Commonwealth Rent Assistance
• Specialist Disability Accommodation
• National Housing Finance Investment Corporation.

History has shown they provide high quality tenancy management and tenant satisfaction, as well as improve neighbourhood amenity and place-making.

They also provide more resources that may not be available in government-managed housing.

NT community housing growth strategy 2022-32

To support the growth of the community housing sector in the NT, TFHC has developed the NT community housing growth strategy 2022-32.

This strategy:

• provides direction and drives growth of the sector for the next 10 years
• aims to improve socio-economic outcomes for Territorians including tenants and the community
• includes partnerships with TFHC and:
  • the housing and homelessness sector
  • peak bodies
  • non-government organisations
  • disability services
  • land councils.

Get the strategy PDF (1.6 MB).

Registered community housing providers

There are 15 community housing providers in the NT registered with the NRSCH.

For more information on the performance of providers, read the NRSCH annual overview 2021-22.