Monday 4 April 2016

Federal housing authority to address 'unique needs of housing in the North,' says CEO

Federal housing authority to address 'unique needs of housing in the North,' says CEO
"...The federal budget allocated up to $177 million over two years, to provinces and territories through the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative: $8 million will go to Yukon, $12 million to the Northwest Territories and $76.7 million to Nunavut.
The remaining funds will be spent to address housing in Nunavik ($50 million), the Inuvialuit Settlement Region ($15 million) and Nunatsiavut ($15 million).
Overall, the federal budget proposes $2.3 billion in new spending to make housing more affordable for Canadians, with $739 million of that set aside for First Nations, Inuit and Northern housing.
"The state of the housing stock is abysmal," in First Nations communities, Siddall said. "The fact it exists in a country like ours is something we should be ashamed of."..."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/housing-first-nations-cmhc-federal-budget-1.3520115

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