How KINRA works

A community development
ecosystem

KINRA is not standard social housing. It's a community-controlled, net-zero, health-enabling, enterprise-generating platform — built around housing as its anchor, designed to create lasting benefit across every dimension of community life.

How it works

Seven things KINRA
does differently.

Most remote housing programs deliver one thing — a dwelling. KINRA is designed around seven interlocking dimensions, each reinforcing the others.

Community controlled

Governed by Traditional Owners and community members through an Indigenous Corporation. Genuine decision-making authority — not a consultative role in someone else's project.

Net-zero energy

Solar PV and battery storage in every home. A community microgrid. Grid connection for energy security and Virtual Power Plant revenue back to the community trust.

Built for the Kimberley

Cyclone Zone C. Elevated floors, high ceilings, wide verandahs, cross-ventilation, reflective roofing, moisture and termite-resistant materials. Designed for the actual climate.

Mixed tenure

Community housing, affordable rental, rent-to-buy and private lots — a financially sustainable precinct, not a monoculture of social housing. Real pathways to ownership.

Local Resource-Based

Derby and Kimberley labour. Local suppliers. ILO's Employment-Intensive Infrastructure Programme methodology, proven across 70 countries over 50 years. Minimum 50% Aboriginal construction workforce.

Health-enabling

Adequate space, working ventilation, clean water and functioning sanitation — the physical conditions that prevent Strep A transmission. Health designed in from the start.

"In Derby, local people will build their own community — and gain the skills and enterprises to maintain it for decades."

The six dimensions

Everything thought through.
Nothing left to chance.

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Energy

Solar PV (5–8kW) and battery storage (10–15kWh) per home. Community microgrid. Horizon Power grid connection. VPP revenue. Local employment in installation and maintenance.

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Construction

Prefabricated modular with integrated energy systems. Minimum 50% Aboriginal workforce, 100% labourer roles. Pre-apprenticeships before the build starts. DAMOS Corporation as delivery partner.

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Health

Space, ventilation, sanitation and water standards that prevent Strep A. Adjacent to Mindaroo Foundation's early childhood health investment. Prevention built in from day one.

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Education

Homes with study space and good lighting. VET pathways with North Regional TAFE Broome. Pre-apprenticeships in construction and renewable energy. CRC RACE PhD scholarships for Kimberley candidates.

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Employment & enterprise

LRB construction employment. Permanent operational roles. Ernesto Seroli enterprise facilitation — supply chain entry points, mentoring, business incubation. VPP and commercial revenue.

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Governance

Indigenous Corporation (CATSI Act). Journey Group and Precinct Board of 7–10 Aboriginal community leaders. Twowayology — Indigenous knowledges embedded in design and service delivery.

The site

Derby and the
precinct opportunity.

The proposed precinct is approximately ten hectares of Crown land under Catholic Church jurisdiction for native purposes, adjacent to the Derby townsite. It was originally granted for Indigenous community use.

The Liyan Foundation has secured access to this site — a rare alignment of available land, community authority and project readiness that makes KINRA possible now.

Development WA is engaged as infrastructure development partner: the community entity owns the land; Development WA provides roads, water, sewer and power under a cost-recovery arrangement.

Land
~10ha Crown land · Catholic Church jurisdiction · Adjacent to Derby townsite · Traditional Owners: Bunuba, Nyikina via Walalakoo Native Title PBC · Development WA partnership model
Scale & cost
Up to 100 homes · Stage 1: 15–20 demonstration homes · $400,000–$600,000 per dwelling · $40–60M full development · $50,000 + in-kind for the pre-feasibility study currently underway

Photos of the site

St Joseph's site

St Joseph's site — existing building, Derby

Kimberley bush

The precinct land — Kimberley bush, Derby

Aerial view

Aerial view — ~10ha site, Derby

Photography: Oikoumene Foundation Progress Report, February 2026

© 2026 Binjabo Global & Liyan Foundation Derby, Kimberley, Western Australia