HHIP – Numbulwar Cluster Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Upgrades Program (Australia)

Deadline: 7-Nov-23

The Northern Territory Government, through the Department, is inviting grant funding applications from suitably qualified and eligible organisations to deliver homelands housing and municipal and essential service infrastructure upgrades across homelands within the Numbulwar region.

The Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program (HHIP), managed through the Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities (the Department), is an initiative of the Northern Territory Government (NT Government). The program will focus on addressing critical issues with housing and municipal and essential infrastructure on permanent occupied and funded Northern Territory homelands. The HHIP will utilise the $100M investment from the Australian Government to improve housing, municipal and essential infrastructure conditions on homelands.

Priority projects in each of the five NT Government regions (Top End, East Arnhem, Big Rivers, Barkly and Central Australia) have been identified in consultation with existing homeland service providers, land councils, Aboriginal Housing Northern Territory and homeland residents. These identified projects will cluster together homelands in specific regions where housing, municipal and essential infrastructure upgrades are required.

Funding Information

The HHIP will allocate $2,925,000 across Numbulwar homelands.

Program Outcomes

The program will contribute to the following outcomes:
- Improve the quality of housing, municipal, and essential service infrastructure in homelands.
- Improve the livability of homelands housing.
- Employment and training opportunities for local residents where possible.
- The use of local businesses to deliver goods and services, including through subcontracting, and maximized where possible.

Eligibility Criteria

Any legally constituted not-for-profit organisations, businesses, community groups or enterprises are eligible to apply for this grant, provided they hold a current Australian Business Number (ABN) and who meet the full compliance requirements of this grant.
The department welcomes submissions from Aboriginal community controlled organisations and Aboriginal business enterprises or applications based on consortium arrangements with Aboriginal organisations or Aboriginal business enterprises.
Eligible non-government organisations must maintain, have and provide at call all and any published audited accounts associated with this grant.
Contractor Accreditation Limited (CAL) accreditation is a requirement of this grant to equal value or greater and applicants should submit evidence of this as part of the response schedule.