Indigenous housing

Solutions to the housing crisis in Indigenous communities should be viewed holistically and include cultural, health and energy-efficiency outcomes, a new report says.

The Liberal government has continued to fulfil its promises to the NDP within its second federal budget since the parties struck a confidence-and-supply agreement in March 2022.

It will take between 58 and 114 years to fix housing in First Nations communities at the current rate the federal government is investing, the NDP says.

Designing a meaningful solution to address the historical persistence of Indigenous housing poverty requires more than throwing billions of dollars at the problem, writes Jordan Koe.

Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools.

The NDP is watching to see that spending pledges made in a deal with the Liberals are honoured by the government in this week's federal budget, says a finance spokesman.

The federal government's promise to create a “for Indigenous, by Indigenous” housing strategy hasn't been met. Nonetheless, some housing is being built for Indigenous people in Toronto and other urban centres.