affordable housing

Do Indigenous people aspire to and achieve home ownership? Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, fewer Indigenous people aspire to or achieve home ownership. This is likely to reflect their lower incomes.  A previous history of home ownership in the family is more likely to pre-dispose younger generations to purchase a home — Project 80317 . Indigenous attitudes towards home ownership do not depend on whether they live on communal land. The social benefit of being able to pass property on to younger generations is the main motivation for investigating home ownership. And for some, the economic benefits of investing in property are not significant.  Most Indigenous people entering home ownership would purchase a second-hand property, which may attract high additional costs for repairs and maintenance