The Wire

The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Sydney has claimed a housing victory that will see an end to a 15 month long protest where squatters lived in tents on the symbolic heart of Sydney’s Aboriginal community, known as the Block. The Commonwealth government has granted $5 million towards a loan to the owners of the land, the Aboriginal Housing Company, for the development of 62 new affordable houses for Aboriginal families. Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro and other Aboriginal activists are urging the Aboriginal Housing Company to confirm the deal, and have been ordered to vacate the Block by the end of the week.