$3m for Aboriginal housing in central NT

Aboriginal residents in the central Northern Territory will get $3 million from the government to address overcrowding and poor living conditions.

Elliott has missed out on government funding for over a decade, and Housing Minister Bess Nungarrayi Price has previously said it had been forgotten by the former NT and federal governments when funding was allocated.

But on Wednesday she said she had made available $3 million for housing refurbishments and to extend living areas within Elliott town camps and Marlinja homeland in the Barkly region in a bid to deal with widespread overcrowding.

"This is an important step towards addressing the housing issues... We have listened and we have acted," she said in a statement on Wednesday.

Local Aboriginal business Triple P Contracting will perform the works, and Ms Price said there would be a large focus on Aboriginal employment and training while delivering the housing improvements.

"It's vital that we work with communities to build capacity and advance and develop an independent working environment," she said.