Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Housing Reports"

NationTalk: Canadian Housing and Renewal Association – Canada is struggling through a dramatically worsening housing crisis. Millions of Canadians – particularly those with lower incomes – have been experiencing rapidly rising housing costs driven in large part by an extreme supply shortfall. On November 21, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland tabled...

NationTalk: EDMONTON, AB, Oct. 27, 2022 – The Métis Nation of Alberta’s Métis Capital Housing Corporation (MCHC) is bringing back home programs for Métis Citizens in several key areas including down payment assistance, home repairs assistance, rental supplements, and student rental supplements. Mortgage assistance is also a new offering this year. This initiative comes under...

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA) CHRA’s Blueprint for Housing is an in-depth policy document that will help inform CHRA’s advocacy efforts over the coming decade as we work towards our goal of ensuring that all who live in Canada have access to safe, affordable, appropriate housing. The lack of a comprehensive approach to addressing urban, rural,...

The federal government announced Canada’s first-ever National Housing Strategy (NHS), a 10-year, $40 billion plan, to help reduce homelessness and improve the affordability, availability and quality of housing for Canadians in need. Thanks to new investments announced in Budget 2019 and more than $13 billion announced through the Fall Economic Statement in 2020 and Budget...

LET’S TALK HOUSING, What We Heard – Shaping Canada’s National Housing Strategy 2016 Indigenous Housing Priority Issues Specific Indigenous housing issues identified by participants during the NHS consultation process include: First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities need greater control of their own housing. There are differences among, and distinct needs for, First Nations, Métis, and...

Northern Housing Access to affordable, adequate and suitable housing in Canada’s northern and remote regions can be a challenge. In addition to dealing with extreme climate conditions, high living, construction and transportation costs, and limited transportation infrastructure, many individuals face uncertain economic futures. Low employment rates, sparse populations, and limited capacity for sustainable growth amplify...