Issues Paper
On 24 May 2010, the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin MP announced the release of the Indigenous Home Ownership Issues Paper.
This paper canvasses the issues affecting home ownership amongst Indigenous Australians across Australia, including those factors particular to Indigenous land ownership. It also outlines existing supports and services in place to assist with home ownership and raises questions to stimulate discussion on this important issue.
The aim is to seek input from the Australian Community, particularly Indigenous Australians, into the formulation of clear policy direction to support the growth and sustainability of Home Ownership amongst Indigenous Australians.
Submissions
We encourage you to put forward your ideas in response to the Issues paper and consider how best to support and grow Indigenous Home Ownership in Australia.
Your contributions will help the Australian Government to continue to develop new approaches to facilitate opportunities for Indigenous Australians. Home ownership is a key priority within the Indigenous Economic Development Strategy (IEDS) which was released on 24 May 2010. A series of public consultations about the IEDS will be held at which you will be able to put forward your ideas in response to this paper.
We aim to incorporate outcomes from the Indigenous home ownership submission process into consideration of the Indigenous Economic Development Strategy.
The receipt of submissions closed on 17 December 2010; however the Department will consider accepting submissions past this date. To lodge a submission or make an enquiry please email: indigenous.home.ownership@fahcsia.gov.au.
Interested parties can take part in the submission process through the following:
- Provide an online submission response; or
- Provide a written submission response.
Preparing submissions
While there is no set structure for submissions, the paper outlines a range of key questions to assist interested parties when constructing a response. Where possible, you should provide data and/or documentation to support your views.
Submitting your response
Email: Completed electronic submissions may be submitted via email indigenous.home.ownership@fahcsia.gov.au.
Post: Written submissions will need to be posted to:
Indigenous Home Ownership Submissions
Indigenous Housing Policy, FaHCSIA
PO Box 7576
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610
Confidentiality Statement
All submissions will be treated as public documents, unless the author of the submission clearly indicates the contrary by marking all or part of the submission as 'confidential'. Public submissions may be published in full on the website, including any personal information of any third party individuals. Please indicate in your submission if they have not consented to the publication of their information. A request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for access to a submission marked confidential will be determined in accordance with the Act.