Aboriginal Housing Act 1998

The Aboriginal Housing Office has the principal functions of—

planning and developing programs and services to assist Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in meeting their housing needs, and

delivering those programs and services, and

evaluating those programs and services from time to time in order to determine whether they continue to effectively meet the housing needs of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.

In exercising those principal functions, the AHO is—

to liaise with other government agencies and non-government bodies in the delivery of Aboriginal housing programs and services, and

to co-ordinate Aboriginal housing programs and services with other programs and services that are provided by government agencies (including Commonwealth agencies) and non-government bodies to assist Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, and

to develop priorities for Aboriginal housing programs and services in accordance with the objects of this Act, and

to advise the Minister on Aboriginal housing policy, and

to develop and implement strategies for the employment of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in the delivery of Aboriginal housing programs and services.