Overcrowded or unaffordable? NT community faces unenviable choices

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Lucille Papajua (left) and her family receive the keys to their new home with Minister Selena Uibo (right) Source: SBS News

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New housing has been developed in the remote Northern Territory Tiwi town of Pirlangimpi, looking to address issues of chronic overcrowding. But there are concerns that a planned rental increase next year will make housing unaffordable for many in remote communities.

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