![]() ![]() INAN adopted the following motion on February 15, 2022: Benjamin Williams, Director, Indigenous and the North Housing Solutions.Patricia Roset-Zuppa, Vice-President, Policy Development.Witnesses from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Nelson Barbosa: A/DG Community Infrastructure Branch, Regional Operations.Joanne Wilkinson: Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional Operations.Witnesses from Indigenous Services Canada Patrick Barthold, Director, Modern Treaty Management Central.Kristi Carin, Acting Director General, Reconciliation Secretariat.Serge Beaudoin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs.The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister (appearing in person).Witnesses from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Subject: Effects of Housing Shortage on Indigenous Peoples in Canada I thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss this important work, and I am ready to take your questions. We are working with partners on the best ways to address the problem and we are directly supporting Indigenous-led approaches. We will continue this work through current and future investments, the implementation of housing strategies and stated commitments to make significant progress. Their efforts resulted in the building of 90 units and 13 new developed lots, a water main project, energy efficiency upgrades to existing housing, and community infrastructure. In Yukon, housing and infrastructure needs are determined by each Self-Governing Yukon First Nation. I'm pleased to say that, as of March 31, 2021, Métis partners built or bought 1,158 housing units, repaired or renovated 2,096 housing units, and provided annual rental supports or subsidies for 7,584 housing units. The Housing Sub-Accord, funded at $500 million over 10 years from Budget 2018, reflects a shared commitment to narrow the core housing needs gap. We also continue to play an active role through co-development and implementation of other progressive approaches to housing and infrastructure. To respond to the housing issues, my department continues to work with Indigenous Services Canada, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and other partners on innovative and sustainable solutions in partnership with territorial and provincial governments, First Nations and Inuit. Directly supporting Inuit-led housing respects the Inuit to Crown relationship and is a positive step forward on the path to reconciliation. We continue to work with Inuit partners to address gaps and challenges identified in the Strategy to further improve outcomes, to find opportunities to enhance distinctions-based investments and improve access to federal housing programs. Along with repairs to many existing units, these investments will result in close to 500 new units constructed in these regions by the end of 2022. Since 2016, we have committed $490 million over 12 years to support Inuit-led housing in Nunavik, Nunatsiavut and the Inuvialuit Region. The Strategy sets out important joint work to address Inuit housing needs and is rooted in a self-determination approach whereby Inuit play a direct role in the delivery of housing in Inuit Nunangat. We're working together amongst key federal departments and agencies and with Indigenous partners to improve and sustain housing outcomes in Indigenous communities.įor Inuit housing needs, CIRNAC is working with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuit land claims organizations, and federal partners to implement the co-developed Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy. In Inuit Nunangat, close to 52% of Inuit live in overcrowded homes. We know that overcrowded and inadequate housing remains a key factor in the persistent physical health, mental health, and other social and economic challenges faced in these communities. Indigenous Peoples in Canada face the worst housing outcomes in the country. Thank you for inviting me before the committee to discuss this important issue. I would like to acknowledge that I am on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people. Kwe Kwe, Tansi, Unnusakkut, Good morning, Bonjour. Opening Remarks House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs the effects of the housing shortage among Indigenous Peoples in Canada If pressed on rising costs of construction.Addressing Affordable Housing Gap in Self-Governing and Modern Treaty Communities.Housing in Inuit Nunangat – Needs and Current Work with Inuit Partners. ![]() ![]() If pressed on additional infrastructure funding.Métis Infrastructure Investments – Budget 2021. ![]()
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