Feds earmark $30 million for Indigenous-led housing construction – Nunatsiaq News

August 10, 2018

Proposals must be led by Indigenous communities or organizations

The Canadian government says it wants to hear bright ideas to help address overcrowded housing in Indigenous communities.

On Tuesday, Aug. 7, the government announced the Indigenous Homes Innovation Challenge, a new $30-million program to develop and build housing in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.

Through this program, to be launched in fall 2018, the federal government will award a total of $30 million for new builds.

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