Residents protest sub standard NT housing

THE Central Land Council says the poor standard of housing in Aboriginal communities can only be fixed with a radical shake-up of the NT's system.

ABORIGINAL town camp residents in central Australia say they are in a state of "utmost despair" and are calling on government to review failures in public housing.

THE board of directors of the Tangentyere Council travelled to Darwin on Wednesday seeking an independent review of housing in the Northern Territory.