NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
Unit 2/14 Erskine Street Dubbo
Postal address: PO BOX 790 Dubbo
Phone: 68 828 700
fax: 68 828 922
Email: ahoenquiries@aho.nsw.gov.au
www.aho.nsw.gov.au
Aboriginal Housing Information Services 1800 727 555
Services provided:
The Aboriginal Housing Office is a statutory authority governed by an Aboriginal board.
The Office was established in 1998 to:
- ensure that Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders have access to affordable, quality housing
- ensure that such housing is appropriate to the social and cultural requirements, living patterns and preferences of the Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders for whom it is provided
- enhance the role of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in determining, developing and delivering policies and programs relating to Aboriginal housing
- ensure that priority is given, in providing housing assistance for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, to those individuals most in need
- ensure that registered Aboriginal housing organisations are accountable, effective and skilled in the delivery of Aboriginal housing programs and services
- increase the range of housing choices for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders to reflect the diversity of individual and community needs
- ensure that the Aboriginal Housing Office's programs and services are administered efficiently and coordinated with other programs and services to assist Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders
- encourage the sustainable employment of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in the delivery of Aboriginal housing assistance.
Target group: Aboriginal tenants and Aboriginal Community housing providers