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The Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO) Board advises the Minister for Planning, and Minister for Homes on policies and strategic direction and has defined responsibilities.
The AHO is governed by a Board made up entirely of Aboriginal people, which provides advice to the Minister for Housing on Aboriginal housing issues in NSW.
The Regional Aboriginal Housing Committees (RAHCs) are responsible for advising the Board on Aboriginal housing issues and carrying out such Board functions as are delegated to the RAHC by the Board.
The RAHC members are approved by the Board and all members must be Aboriginal.
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Please read the DCJ Apology letter to the Aboriginal people of NSW in line with the National Apology made in Australia's Federal Parliament on February 13, 2008 by then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Maps illustrating aspects of Aboriginal NSW and AHO regions
AHO-owned properties by location
An interactive dashboard showing the location of all AHO-owned dwellings by various administrative boundaries. The dashboard further breaks down these dwellings as to whether they are managed by an Aboriginal Community Housing Provider (ACHP), a Community Housing Provider (CHP) or by the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ). It is also possible to filter by type of dwelling and by bedroom category. The information is available for June 2020 and June 2021.
You have a legal right under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) to apply and receive access to Open Access Information, including AHO policy documents.
AHO policy documents pertain to the exercise of our functions as a government agency
And may include:
These transfers do not affect Aboriginal Housing Office tenants. You will continue to be managed by DCJ. You will not have to move, and your rent and lease will stay the same.
What’s happening?
You may have heard that, Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is moving the management of their tenants’ leases to a community housing provider in these locations:
Under the Aboriginal Housing Act 1998 (NSW), an Aboriginal person (includes Torres Strait Islanders) means a person who:
- is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia, and
- identifies as an Aboriginal person, and
- is accepted by the Aboriginal community as an Aboriginal person.
Confirmation can be provided in any of the following ways:
