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Public housing stock remains vacant despite extended waitlists in the Northern Territory

2026-01-14 202 Dailymotion

For people with nowhere to go, public housing offers help where it's needed the most. But with waitlists in the Northern Territory stretching up to 10 years in Alice Springs, it's not an easy or quick option. Despite the delay, 10% of the town's public housing stock sits vacant and derelict, while those who are in housing often also wait months for maintenance requests to be fulfilled.