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Yukon Housing Corporation and the BC Non-Profit Housing Association host Northern Housing event
The Northern Regional Education Networking Tradeshow (RENT) event will be held on June 12, 2018, in Whitehorse. Housing providers and stakeholders are invited to network and learn about the unique challenges for housing in the north. Highlights of the day include a lunchtime discussion by local housing advocates on strategies that have helped generate new […]
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Government of Yukon opens a Housing Initiatives Fund
This year, the Yukon Housing Corporation is opening a $3.6 million fund for innovative housing projects that will address local housing needs. This funding can be used to develop new affordable housing units in Yukon through new construction or by providing rent supplements for new units to help Yukoners afford rental housing. First Nations, First […]
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Alfred Moses: Northern Pathways to Housing Pilot Program in Fort Simpson
May 30, 2018 Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is working hard to meet the commitments made by this Government to advance affordable housing and address homelessness during the 18th Legislative Assembly. Mr. Speaker, we know that some of our residents experience homelessness in communities outside of Yellowknife. Meeting their needs helps us to […]
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First Nations participate in housing design workshop
WHITEHORSE, YUKON, May 24, 2018 — The Yukon Housing Corporation and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation hosted a workshop to gather ideas about how to design multi-unit residential buildings in First Nations communities across Yukon. The workshop was held from May 15 – 17 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse. Housing experts, including First […]
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Homelessness Survey in Gjoa Haven
15 May 2018 The Department of Family Services, in partnership with the Nunavut Housing Corporation, is conducting a survey in Gjoa Haven from May 24 to June 6, 2018, to better understand homelessness in the community. A research team just completed similar survey work in Pond Inlet, Clyde River and Arviat. Staff from the […]
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Territories ask Liberals to redo funding, plans to meet housing needs in North – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 3, 2018 By Jordan Press THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Territorial governments are pressing the Trudeau government to rejig how much each will receive through the national housing strategy, saying the funding falls well short of meeting housing needs in the North. The territories received $300 million in last year’s budget to […]
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Homelessness Survey in Gjoa Haven
The Department of Family Services, in partnership with the Nunavut Housing Corporation, is conducting a survey in Gjoa Haven from May 7-18 to better understand homelessness in the community. A research team just completed similar survey work in Pond Inlet, Clyde River and Arviat. Staff from the Department of Family Services Poverty Reduction division will […]
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Kluane First Nation will receive funding for housing unit retrofits
KLUANE FIRST NATION, YUKON, April 25, 2018 — The governments Canada and Yukon are pleased to provide funding to help the Kluane First Nation (KFN) retrofit homes in Destruction Bay. The Kluane First Nation will receive just over $400,000 to retrofit nine units. This partnership will help revitalize and modernize older homes in the community. […]
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Homelessness Survey in Arviat
19 April 2018 The Department of Family Services, in partnership with the Nunavut Housing Corporation, is conducting a survey in Arviat from April 23-May 4, to better understand homelessness in the community. A research team just completed similar survey work in Pond Inlet and Clyde River. Staff from the Department of Family Services Poverty […]
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Homelessness research in Clyde River
16 March 2018 The Department of Family Services, in partnership with the Nunavut Housing Corporation, is conducting a survey in Clyde River from March 19-29, 2018 to better understand homelessness in the community. A research team just completed similar survey work in Pond Inlet. Staff from the Department of Family Services Poverty Reduction division […]
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