Living in the Sunburnt Country: Findings of the Review of the Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP) - 2007 

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Review Scope
• Chapter 2 Summary of Findings and Recommendations and the Proposed Strategic and Operational Framework for Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Services
• Chapter 3 The Purpose, Scope and Range of Services and Achievements of the Community Housing and Infrastructure Program
• Chapter 4 Analysis of current Housing, Infrastructure and Municipal services provided for Indigenous Australians
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: CHIP Funding Analysis Code
• Appendix 2: Stakeholder consultation summaries
• Appendix 3: Additional Figures and Tables
• Appendix 4: International Programmes
• Appendix 5: International References
• Appendix 6: References
• Appendix 7: Acronyms

Acknowledgements

The PricewaterhouseCoopers CHIP Review team would like to acknowledge the support and assistance given by the Indigenous community housing sector, Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers, their departments and senior offi cials, and industry. Their collective knowledge of the diffi culties facing the Indigenous housing sector and the options for reform, contributed signifi cantly to the recommendations of the report that are aimed at achieving better outcomes for housing and infrastructure in Indigenous communities.

We would also like to acknowledge the contribution of those who took part in the consultations, provided submissions and agreed to be interviewed as part of the report. The review team is also appreciative of the input of the staff of the Department of Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

The photographs that appear in this review were either supplied by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Bushlight/Centre for Appropriate Technology or taken by PricewaterhouseCoopers with permission as part of the stakeholder consultation meetings. While the information collected for this report came from a wide range of sources, the findings and the conclusions drawn are those of the review team.

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