Overview
The purpose of the housing and community development department is to work with Chief & Council, governments and partners in our region to ensure that we have affordable, suitable and adequate housing, that means building new homes, completing minor and major renovations.
The program is designed to ensure we have adequate housing for our on reserve community members. That the houses are safe and up to date with codes and compliance. From 2015-2016 to 2019-2020, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) has provided funding per year to improve First Nations on-reserve housing. First Nations can use these funds to build and renovate houses as well as contribute towards costs such as maintenance, insurance, debt servicing and the planning and management of a housing portfolio.
Mandate
The mandate of the Housing and Community Development Department is to administer and manage a seamless and timely building and planning review and approvals process. Tightly coordinated efforts between departments will help to facilitate sound development and redevelopment in the community and to improve the quality of life for our people.
Community engagement
- general meeting, feed back to community development from community members are considered
- community garbage clean up
- volunteers
- housing/community development committee
