Media Releases Archives

NT Shelter Media Release | Territory’s First FoyerInvest Working Group Launced to Drive Youth Foyer Advocacy

A long-term vision to support young Territorians into housing, education and employment is taking shape through the newly established NT FoyerInvest Working Group.

NT Shelter Joint Media Release | Workforce Initiative Strengthens Northern Territory Social Housing Sector

The ISACNT Social Housing Skill Set Pilot Program is led by the Industry Skills Advisory Council Northern Territory (ISACNT) in partnership with NT Shelter, Northern Territory social housing employers, and the Northern Territory Government – Department of Education and Training (DET).

NT Shelter, Media Statement, Monday, 2 February

The NT’s peak body working to address unmet housing need and homelessness urges a considered
approach to public housing reform to ensure housing stability is protected and homelessness is
prevented.

NT Shelter and NTCOSS Respond to High Court Ruling on Remote Rent Framework

NT Shelter notes today’s unanimous High Court decision regarding the Northern Territory Remote Rent Framework. The Court found that elements of the rent-setting process did not afford procedural fairness to remote public housing tenants and has ruled the resulting rent increases invalid.

NT Shelter Media Release, Thursday, 14 August 2025.

NT Shelter’s Media Release – Joint Commitment Signed to Support People Experiencing Homelessness in Alice Springs

NT Shelter Media Release, Tuesday, 9 July 2025

NT Shelter’s Media Release – 102 New Homes a Welcome Step, But NT Still Needs a Housing Supply Plan. Read in full here.

Joint Media Release: Bus Policy isn’t New — But the Sign Sends a New Message

Peak bodies and major NT community and homelessness service providers are calling on the Northern Territory Government and Department of Logistics and Infrastructure to reconsider the messaging and impact of newly publicised public transport signage disallowing “dirty or stained” clothing on buses.