The Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia has called for immediate government intervention relating to Australia's escalating housing crisis.

The IAPA urged "immediate intervention to protect vulnerable families, particularly First Nations peoples, single parent families, and our elders from homelessness and housing insecurity".

Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia convenor Uncle Owen Whyman said people are suffering from "an excessive amount of overcrowding in family houses", among other problems.

"Across New South Wales we are facing lack of support for our men when they are the primary carers of children, or are seeking independent living to enable stability of housing so they can take on joint co-parenting roles for their children after separation," he said.

"The shame men face being homeless or dependent on others for housing security leads to a decline in mental health and substance use. We need holistic wrap around supports to ensure long term outcomes for our families."

Uncle Russell Logan, managing director of Coodjingburra HOME - an Aboriginal housing provider in Tweed Heads, NSW - said First Nations people face particular housing challenges.

"Recent cluster funding for an Aboriginal Domestic Violence refuge in Tweed Heads has been granted to mainstream organisations who don't have the capacity nor the expertise and are already struggling providing a very minimal, delayed response to the homeless in the region," he said.

"Evidence obtained supports statistics around disengagement by Aboriginal clients from these mainstream housing providers. We need social housing for First Nations communities to be managed by First Nations organisations to ensure holistic culturally appropriate support and long-term engagement; not short-term band aid measures."

The IAPA noted that Australia's housing emergency has been "exacerbated by over a decade of government neglect of construction and case management support within the social housing sector".

In a joint statement, the party noted that while the current federal government recently committed to building 1.2 million homes between 2024 and 2029, "many Australians are struggling now, with long waitlists for social housing and skyrocketing rent prices due to interest rate hikes from the Reserve Bank".

"We have tent cities forming in parks, empty houses now becoming shelter for squatters and even tents on roundabouts near the Gold Coast airport," the Party said.

"We have rough sleepers both adults and children, at risk of violent perpetrators in unstable and unsafe conditions.

"The great Australian dream of home ownership is currently no longer achievable for Australian middle to low-income earners with the sale of houses to foreign investors taking advantage of a high return competitive rental market.

"High land prices for Australians wanting to build a home has had a huge impact on the construction industry. Companies have been forced into closure thus impacting employment."

The IAPA noted that recent data showed only 28 per cent of Australians "within the low to middle income bracket" own their own home, a drastic drop from 40 years ago.

"Social housing properties and government developments are being sold off, depriving communities of much needed affordable housing options. The former Commonwealth Games athlete's village, right beside the Gold Coast University Hospital and services in Southport, is another example of a government property that could have been a great asset but was sold for private residency," the Party said.

The IAPA said housing priority lists are "overwhelmed, with an average wait time of 10 to 15 years for our vulnerable homeless – time many vulnerable Australians simply cannot afford to wait", and noted that domestic violence victims "are being forced to remain living in violence or return to the perpetrator because there is no housing alternative".

The IAPA reiterated their position that safe housing is a fundamental human right and called on the government to ensure housing equity and prioritisation for vulnerable groups, particularly First Nations people.

"We need a focus on community led solutions; listen to those most affected by the crisis and understand one solution doesn't suit all in regional and remote towns especially. The government has the opportunity to make lasting changes to address the housing crisis. The time to act is now, before more families are forced into homelessness," the Party said.