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Canada announces support for Indigenous women in Montréal
July 21, 2021 Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that affordable housing is key to Canada’s recovery, and yet, across the country, people who are most vulnerable are still having trouble finding safe and affordable housing. Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of […]
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Officials inaugurate work site for Indigenous women’s transition house – Montreal Gazette
Jul 12, 2021 The Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal’s transition house will offer safe and affordable housing to indigenous women for up to three years. Provincial and municipal officials, along with local Indigenous leaders, attended the official inauguration Monday of a work site in Montreal’s Little Burgundy neighbourhood where a transition house for Indigenous women […]
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Mediation project to help with Indigenous homelessness in Milton Park – Montreal Gazette
The $60,000 project will involve a foot patrol, created by the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal, acting as mediators between the Indigenous homeless population, businesses and residents. Jul 07, 2021 The city of Montreal and the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough are putting $60,000 toward a social mediation project to help resolve issues related to the rising number […]
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More rental housing for families in Gatineau
Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Thanks to investments made by the Government of Canada, residents of Gatineau will soon have access to more stable rental housing options. Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), […]
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Canada supports rapid housing in Manawan
June 23, 2021 Everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The COVID-19 crisis has made it clear that affordable housing is key to the recovery of communities in Québec. Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and […]
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Construction of three seniors’ and alternative homes in Chisasibi, Mistissini and Waskaganish
QUÉBEC CITY, June 15, 2021 – Marguerite Blais, Minister Responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers, Ian Lafrenière, Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs, and Denis Lamothe, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Member for Ungava, announced today that three seniors’ and alternative homes will be built in Chisasibi, Mistissini and Waskaganish in […]
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Canada supports rapid housing in Wôlinak
June 10, 2021 Everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The COVID-19 crisis has made it clear that affordable housing is key to the recovery of communities in Québec. Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and […]
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Should they stay or should they go: Two petitions launched in Montreal have very different goals – APTN News
May 09, 2021 A group of homeless people in Montreal, many of whom are Indigenous, have become the subject of dueling petitions – both with very different messages. One of the petitions, launched after the winter when a group began congregating around the Mont-Royal subway station, is suggesting that they’re making a mess of the […]
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Government of Canada launches call for innovative concepts to prevent and eliminate homelessness
From: Employment and Social Development Canada Submissions will be accepted until June 11 May 4, 2021 Gatineau, Quebec Employment and Social Development Canada Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Today, the Minister of Families, Children and Social […]
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The blueprint for systemic racism in First Nations’ housing – Policy Options
For generations, the on-reserve housing system was a welfare program that denied citizens the basic tools to prosper and become independent. For decades, the Canadian image has relied on a collective understanding and recognition that we are the “international good guys.” We sewed Canadian flags on our packsacks. Wherever we went, they were our ticket […]
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