Families forced off country due to lack of housing in Borroloola | ABC News

The housing crisis is front of mind for many people across Australia, but in the remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola, the problem is having disastrous consequences. Indigenous families in the community are being forced to choose between living in unsafe, overcrowded, run down homes, or moving out of the community, off country, away from family and cultural knowledge. By Matilda Colling for ABC News Northern Territory.

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