All decisions about how Rent is spent and administered are made by a Sovereign Body.

Pay The Rent is not accountable to rent payers in relation to how Rent is spent. Renters pay simply because it is the right thing to do.

Rent money is spent on caring for and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities, and strengthening community resistance and work to fight for justice and create strong, safe and supported communities for everyone. 

Any inquiries – please contact the Pay The Rent on sovereignbody@paytherent.net.au

Please note: Funeral payments and community initiatives programs are currently on hold. We will advise when they are again available.

RENT DISTRIBUTION

Pay The Rent supports community initiatives that promote self- determination and the Sovereignty of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Funds are distributed to established community groups that don’t receive government funding.
Funding is not intended to provide personal financial relief, mutual aid, native title litigation, or purchases of land.

 Since Pay The Rent’s inception, funds have been distributed to the following:

• Funerals and sorry business – more than 4,000 funerals supported
• Deaths in custody – including financial and inquest support to families, repatriations, snap actions, and campaigns
• Defending First Nations kids – including services against child removals, supporting youth mental health and suicide prevention, juvenile justice services, health and family supports, and young people’s sports.
• Embassies – including Aboriginal Tent Embassy (Ngunnawal), Quandamooka Truth Embassy, Djab Wurrung Embassy
• Mutual aid – COVID responses for First Nations people, flood relief in the Kimberley and Northern NSW
• Supporting culture – creative programs, youth workshops and mentoring, multi-generational programs