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Tim Dornin

Urgent call for more NT remote housing

A National Audit Office report says 54.1 pct of houses in remote NT communities remain overcrowded. (AAP)

A failure to fix overcrowding in remote community housing in the Northern Territory should prompt urgent action and a $2 billion commitment, Indigenous group the Central Land Council says.

The limited progress on remote housing targets has been highlighted in a report from the Australian National Audit Office, which says an extra 1857 new homes are needed to address overcrowding.

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