NT Shelter Media Release | Safer communities require a balanced approach to social housing
NT Shelter has called for the Northern Territory Government’s new Three Strikes public housing policy to be
accompanied by sufficiently resourced and timely tenancy support, procedural safeguards and continued
investment in well-planned social and affordable housing.
NT Shelter Media Release | Young People Still Can’t Go Home: NT Youth Homelessness Crisis Continues as Demand Outstrips Support
Three years ago, NT Shelter and the Northern Territory Office of the Children’s Commissioner launched They Can’t
Go Back Home: Young People and Homelessness in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). A comparative analysis, They Still
Can’t Go Back Home: Where are we now? was jointly released today by NT Shelter and the Northern Territory
Office of the Children’s Commissioner in Alice Springs.
Joint Sector Statement | Darwin cannot afford to lose critical short-stay accommodation capacity
We, the undersigned organisations working across homelessness and its intersections in the Northern Territory, are
calling on the Northern Territory Government to pause the closure of the YiSSA short-stay accommodation facility at
Batten Road on 11 October and allow a longer, managed transition period.
Joint Sector Statement | Darwin cannot afford to lose critical short-stay accommodation capacity
We, the undersigned organisations working across homelessness and its intersections in the Northern Territory, are calling on the Northern Territory Government to pause the closure of the YiSSA short-stay accommodation facility at Batten Road on 11 October and allow a longer, managed transition period.
NT Shelter Media Release | AHURI National Homelessness Conference
People with lived experience, the frontline homelessness sector, researchers and policymakers are
gathering in Darwin today and tomorrow for AHURI’s National Homelessness Conference.
NT Shelter Media Release | People with lived experience, the frontline homelessness sector, researchers and policymakers are gathering in Darwin today and tomorrow for AHURI’s National Homelessness Conference
NT Shelter has welcomed the national conference to the Northern Territory, saying it provides an important opportunity to share the Territory’s experience of homelessness and ensure national conversations reflect the very different environments in which homelessness occurs across Australia.
NT Shelter Media Release | Darwin homelessness capacity remains key as YiSSA transition announced
NT Shelter has acknowledged greater clarity about transition arrangements for people remaining at YiSSA Short-Stay Accommodation, saying today’s announcement provides a clearer path forward while attention must remain on the larger challenge facing Darwin’s homelessness system.
NT Shelter Media Release | Darwin homelessness capacity remains key as YiSSA transition announced
NT Shelter has acknowledged greater clarity about transition arrangements for people remaining at YiSSA Short-Stay Accommodation, saying today’s announcement provides a clearer path forward while attention must remain on the larger challenge facing Darwin’s homelessness system.
NT Shelter Media Release | Yilli Housing and partners call for continued talks towards a future for YiSSA
Yilli Rreung Housing Aboriginal Corporation, Mission Australia, Aboriginal Housing NT and NT Shelter recognise the work that has taken place between governments to explore options for YiSSA
NT Shelter Media Release | Housing Strategy sets the direction. Now Territorians need homes, targets and delivery.
NT Shelter has welcomed the release of the Northern Territory Housing Strategy 2026-2030, saying the Strategy provides a direction, but that its success will depend on whether it delivers more homes that Territorians can actually afford. The focus must now shift from strategy to implementation through clear housing supply targets, public reporting and accountability.