Indigenous Housing

• Province announces funding to support Blackfoot women in Lethbridge

  The funding will be used in constructing 14 units in Lethbridge for Blackfoot women and their children who are looking to move to the city from nearby reserves. 

  Canada

  Jul 21
• Canadian mayors press Freeland for direct funding for urban Indigenous housing

  Some mayors pushed the finance minister to say when Ottawa wants to meet its goal of ending chronic homelessness, and when more housing help is coming for urban Indigenous people.

  Politics

  May 31
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• Federal government funding $17M for housing in Saskatchewan First Nations

  The newly allocated funds from the federal government can be used to build new homes or put towards homes that are in need of repairs.

  Canada

  Apr 15
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• Tawaak Housing Association gets $3.7M in funding to repair ailing units, supplement rent

  "At the end of the day, the long-term sustainability is what is truly important here," said Glooscap First Nation Chief Sidney Peters.

  Politics

  Mar 2, 2020
• Canada’s Indigenous communities suffer ‘abhorrent’ housing conditions: UN report

  The report linked a lack of housing as a factor that exacerbates Canada's ongoing problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2019
• Zero block of East Hastings Street to host new Indigenous housing facility

  The development will also include a "safe and inclusive healing centre that is accessible to all," said the housing ministry.

  Jun 18, 2019
• Squamish Nation planning major housing development on lands near Kitsilano

  The 3,000-unit project would mark the first large-scale urban development project by an Indigenous group in Canada.

  Apr 10, 2019
• Province funding homes specifically for Indigenous British Columbians for the first time

  The B.C. government is planning on building more than 1,100 affordable homes for Indigenous peoples in 26 communities across the province.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2018