Northern Territory Voids Remote Communities $70 Million Rental Debt After Houses Found Not Habitable

Northern Territory Voids Remote Communities $70 Million Rental Debt After Houses Found Not Habitable
AUSTRALIA - JULY 26: The Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, population 3,000. Ross Land/Getty Images
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The Northern Territory government has cancelled almost $70 million (US448.8 million) in rental debt for remote Indigenous communities amid allegations the housing is not up to scratch.

Treasurer Eva Lawler, in late June, scrapped the debt following court action by Aboriginal residents at Laramba and Santa Teresa in central Australia, near Alice Springs, not-for-profit litigators Grata Fund says.