Community Land Trusts and Indigenous Housing in Australia—Exploring Difference-Based Policy and Appropriate Housing

Community Land Trusts and Indigenous Housing in Australia—Exploring Difference-Based Policy and Appropriate Housing

Title	Community Land Trusts and Indigenous Housing in Australia—Exploring Difference-Based Policy and Appropriate Housing
Authors/Contributors	Crabtree, Louise (Author)
Publication Title	Housing Studies
Date	2014-08-18
Abstract Note	Previous work has highlighted the primacy of non-economic rights in Indigenous housing objectives. This paper builds on that work and Sanders' other work demonstrating the limited relevance of ‘mainstream’ home ownership for many Indigenous communities, exploring whether models based on community land trust (CLT) principles might be appropriate for articulating Indigenous housing aspirations. The paper describes current Indigenous housing scenarios in urban, regional and remote New South Wales and Queensland, and findings regarding the resonance of CLTs with Indigenous housing objectives. While dominant policy and public discourses promote Indigenous home ownership as an economic development strategy, or as requiring the alienation of Indigenous lands, the research found neither to be primary sector imperatives. The paper draws on difference-based arguments regarding Indigenous affairs arguing that a focus on diversity emerging from informed Indigenous choice finds a role for policy supporting diverse Indigenous housing aspirations.
Resource Type	Journal Article
URL	https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2014.898248
DOI	10.1080/02673037.2014.898248
Citation	Crabtree, L. (2014). Community Land Trusts and Indigenous Housing in Australia—Exploring Difference-Based Policy and Appropriate Housing. Housing Studies, 29(6), 743–759. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2014.898248
Link to this record	http://ikbe-library.unimelb.edu.au/bibliography/23XUINV2/

Title

Authors/Contributors

Crabtree, Louise (Author)

Publication Title

Housing Studies

Date

2014-08-18

Abstract Note

Previous work has highlighted the primacy of non-economic rights in Indigenous housing objectives. This paper builds on that work and Sanders' other work demonstrating the limited relevance of ‘mainstream’ home ownership for many Indigenous communities, exploring whether models based on community land trust (CLT) principles might be appropriate for articulating Indigenous housing aspirations. The paper describes current Indigenous housing scenarios in urban, regional and remote New South Wales and Queensland, and findings regarding the resonance of CLTs with Indigenous housing objectives. While dominant policy and public discourses promote Indigenous home ownership as an economic development strategy, or as requiring the alienation of Indigenous lands, the research found neither to be primary sector imperatives. The paper draws on difference-based arguments regarding Indigenous affairs arguing that a focus on diversity emerging from informed Indigenous choice finds a role for policy supporting diverse Indigenous housing aspirations.

Resource Type

Journal Article

URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2014.898248

DOI

10.1080/02673037.2014.898248

Citation

Crabtree, L. (2014). Community Land Trusts and Indigenous Housing in Australia—Exploring Difference-Based Policy and Appropriate Housing. Housing Studies, 29(6), 743–759. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2014.898248

Link to this record

http://ikbe-library.unimelb.edu.au/bibliography/23XUINV2/