The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the creation of 4,500 new affordable housing units across the country with an additional investment of $1.5 billion through the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI).
4,500 more homes for Canadians
Community Grown “Assessment Tool” for Coordinated Access
The National Indigenous Homelessness Council has received funding through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy to design an Indigenous Homelessness Pathfinder “Assessment Tool” for coordinated access.
Government of Canada launches call for applications for Own-Source Revenue in Indigenous Communities Initiative
Partial replacement of own-source revenues will help communities to continue providing core community programs and important services for a safe restart, including in the areas of education, health, housing, water and community infrastructure.
New affordable rental housing in East Vancouver
This project, by the Lu’ma Native Housing Society, is a four-storey residential building that will provide the neighborhood of Renfrew Heights with 23 units of much needed rental housing for Indigenous families and individuals.
Call for concepts for innovative projects to prevent and eliminate homelessness under the Community Capacity and Innovation Stream of Reaching Home (Deadline June 11, 2021)
The Government of Canada is providing approximately $6 million over three years, starting in 2021–22, for scalable projects that will test and develop new and innovative approaches to addressing homelessness in communities across the country.
Virtual discussion on data, HIFIS, and coordinated access: May 7, 2021
The session is open to members of the Urban, Rural and Remote Indigenous Reaching Home Caucus and will be hosted via Zoom.
Save the date: Reaching Home Indigenous Forum
The forum is open to Reaching Home Indigenous Community Entities and Indigenous Community Advisory Boards.
Monthly meeting of Indigenous Coordinated Access Leads
For more information, contact srestoule@wabano.com
2021 Federal Budget
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland will tabled #Budget2021 on Monday, April 19, 2021.
ONTARIO NEWS RELEASE: Ontario Takes Further Action to Protect Homeless Shelters during COVID-19
The Ontario government is providing $255 million to help municipalities and Indigenous program partners respond to an increase in COVID-19 cases in some emergency shelters and help keep vulnerable people safe. The new funding will protect homeless shelter staff and residents, and help prevent more people from becoming homeless.
The Indigenous Homelessness Circle 