Yerrabi Yurwang

Eligibility/Application Process

Before You Apply

There is an eligibility criteria you will need to provide evidence to successfully apply for accommodation through the Yerrabi Yurwang Aboriginal Housing Program. Please see information below.

To be eligible for housing, community must:

  • confirm their Aboriginality
  • establish their identity
  • be an ACT resident, and
  • have a household income within the income eligibility limits, and
  • not own any assets or property which could reasonably be expected to resolve their housing need, and
  • be able to sustain a successful tenancy, without support or with appropriate support in place, and
  • if applicable, make repayments of any former debts to a social housing provider, and
  • be at least 18 years of age

 

A community member may be ineligible for housing assistance (including social housing, temporary accommodation and private rental assistance) if:

  • he or she has a history of having committed registrable offences, and
  • it is likely that the presence of that client in social housing will
  • cause antisocial behaviour, or
  • present an unacceptable risk of harm to the client, to other social housing occupants or to neighbours.

You can submit your housing application before you obtain your Confirmation of Aboriginality. When your housing application is accepted, you will be asked to obtain and provide confirmation of Aboriginality.

To be eligible to access AHO housing services and/or products applicants are required to provide evidence of their confirmation of Aboriginality.

Confirmation of Aboriginality (CoA) is a document that verifies an applicant’s Aboriginality and provided by one of the following organisations.

Yerrabi Yerwang preferred evidence of confirmation of Aboriginality is:

  1. a letter and/or membership from a Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC), or
  2. a letter from a Registered Aboriginal Organisation (RAO),
  3. a letter from a Registered Stolen Generation Organisation (SGO),


Note: Aboriginal Organisations must be registered under the Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) to successfully support these requests.

Yerrabi Yurwang Board of Directors defines an Aboriginal person as a person who:

  • is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia, and
  • identifies as an Aboriginal person, and
  • is accepted by the Aboriginal community as an Aboriginal person.
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