Inarlenge (Little Sisters)

    Inarlenge (Little Sisters)

    Inarlenge (Inn-arlung-ha) or Little Sisters was first incorporated on the 28th, February 1978 by residents to support their efforts to obtain security of tenure; housing and essential services. Inarlenge is located at Lot 3701 which has been held by virtue of a Crown Lease in Perpetuity for Aboriginal Communal Purposes since 1973. Inarlenge is home to speakers of Arrernte, Warlpiri, Luritja and Pitjantjatjara. The 2005 population and mobility study identified that the resident population at that time was 154 people and that the service population was as high as 250 people . In December 2009 Inarlenge entered a Tripartite Alice Springs Living Area Sublease with the Executive Director of Township Leasing (Commonwealth) and the CEO of Housing (Territory) for a period of 40 years, under the threat of compulsory acquisition. This agreement led to an investment in housing and infrastructure by the Commonwealth and Territory as part of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP); and to the transition from community-controlled housing to housing management by the Department of Local Government, Housing and Community Development (DLGHCD). Today Inarlenge is home to 22 households, prior to SIHIP there was only 13 households. It is predicted that the population of Inarlenge has seen an increase proportionate to the increased number of dwellings. Inarlenge is a Corporate Member of TCAC. Inarlenge is led by a Management Committee, the President is a Director of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Inarlenge is a party to the Local Decision-Making Commitment Agreement between TCAC and the Territory.
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