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Adrian Black

Building programs exclude Aboriginal organisations

Aboriginal organisations are struggling to gain access to grants to build homes and social housing. (Stefan Postles/AAP PHOTOS)

Aboriginal-led providers have been forgotten by major government-funded housing projects, while one in six Indigenous Victorians face homelessness, an inquiry has been told.

Aboriginal Housing Victoria chief executive Darren Smith told the Yoorrook truth-telling inquiry 17 per cent of Aboriginal Victorians were seeking homelessness support, a number that had been growing at 10 per cent annually.

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