Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis following years of neglect, a conference has been told.
The crisis in the Northern Territory was largely centred on remote communities, driven by severe household overcrowding and high rates of rough sleeping, Aboriginal Housing NT chair Alan Mole said.
Addressing the Aboriginal Housing and Homelands Conference in Darwin on Wednesday, Mr Mole said the NT had the highest rates of homelessness in Australia, about 12 times the national average.
Indigenous people comprised 87 per cent of the homeless population in the territory.
"Aboriginal people in the NT were living in conditions that would not be acceptable anywhere else," Mr Mole said, with children in some cases living in abject poverty.
