The Pilbara Aboriginal Home Ownership Program will deliver approximately 28 affordable and secure rental homes to employed Aboriginal families in the Pilbara. Families will have the opportunity to purchase the homes.
The Program will fund the delivery of strengths based, culturally secure engagement services to support participants to achieve their own goals in employment, education, financial wellbeing, and home ownership.
This Program aims to be wholly Aboriginal-owned, delivered via a partnership between Aboriginal organisations. The partnership may include any combination of Aboriginal organisations able to provide land, property and tenancy services and empowerment services.
Following a period of close engagement with local Aboriginal organisations who have the experience, capability and interested in this Program, the Fund will proceed to an engagement process to identify and support the establishment of the Pilbara Aboriginal Home Ownership Program.
The newly established partnership will oversee the construction and purchase of homes to be made available for rent to local employed Aboriginal families. These families will then be supported by the Aboriginal Program owners to sustain their tenancies and achieve their financial and personal goals, including home ownership. While the Program has reporting arrangements for up to ten years, all properties built or purchased within this Program will remain the property of the Aboriginal Program owners.
Update
- August 2024
Leaders and decision-makers from Aboriginal organisations operating in the Pilbara are invited to learn more about the Pilbara Aboriginal Home Ownership Program and participate in a series of engagement activities that will finalise the Program’s design, and result in the appointment of participating Aboriginal Organisations to deliver it.
Last week we held a webinar to share how the Program will work, the roles Aboriginal organisations can play in its delivery and what is required for each role.
If you missed the webinar, please let us know and we will send you the presentation slides and a transcript.
What’s Next?
Aboriginal organisations who wish to participate are required to attend a preliminary 1:1 session to discuss the Program in more depth.
Only Aboriginal organisations who have participated in a 1:1 session will be invited to take part in either a restricted process or direct negotiations to deliver the Program.
To be eligible to participate, organisations must register by email before 5pm Friday 30 August 2024.
We will contact you to schedule a 1:1 in the week commencing 2 September 2024 and will aim to hold the session at the location most convenient to you.
An eligibility checklist will be sent to you for completion prior to confirming acceptance of the 1:1 session.
For organisations unable to attend during the week commencing 2 September 2024, there will be limited opportunities for sessions to be scheduled in the following week.
