Exploring Theme: "Govt. Housing Programs"

APTN News: An NDP MP says chiefs made the right decision in Calgary last week by rejecting a $47.8 billion agreement on long-term reform in the First Nations child welfare system. Lori Idlout said the final settlement agreement was full of problems including it expired after ten years, did not include the First Nations Child...

APTN News: In early August, the Manitoba government paused the youth and homelessness streams of the Canada-Manitoba Housing Benefit (CMHB), which provides a rent top-up for low-income and at-risk populations. The streams serve mostly Indigenous clientele including youth aging out of foster care and people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. And the unexpected change...

NationTalk: Indigenous Services Canada— North Bay, Traditional unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario — National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated and Government of Canada Today, Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming, Anthony Rota, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for FedNor, and National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI) Chief Executive Officer...

RELATED VIDEO: The federal government recently announced its investment of $172 million to help build and repair 4,257 affordable homes in Alberta. The Aboriginal Housing Society received $34,997,000 in funding for its Buffalo Lodge affordable housing project in Lethbridge. Jordan Prentice has more on why this project is so valuable. Click on the following link...