In 2008, following lengthy negotiations between Tangentyere Council and the Australian Government, the largest building program in the history of the Alice Springs Town Camps had begun. The building was implemented under the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) and involved multiple parties, including the Northern Territory and Australian Governments, the Alice Springs Transformation Plan, and housing construction through Tangentyere Council and Territory Alliance. At the start of the project there were 199 houses in Town Camps; by April 2013, the NT Government reported the completion of 86 new houses, built for an average price of $450,000, and 196 renovated houses. The renovations were further split into Tangentyere or Territory Alliance ‘rebuilds’, involving substantial work with an average cost of $200,000, and ‘refurbishments’, known as ‘refurbs’, focusing on health hardware and functionality, at an average cost of $75,000. In all, over $100 million was assigned to Alice Springs Town Camps housing and infrastructure. In return town campers agreed to 40-year leases over the town camp areas in all but one case, which although acquired by the Australian Government was included in the building program