Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), with Kenora MP Greg Rickford, announced an investment of more than $14.2 million to improve housing conditions for 36 First Nation communities in Ontario.
It's part of the second year of funding through Canada's Economic Action Plan. Rickford made the announcement at the ninth annual First Nation Northern Housing Conference in Thunder Bay, Feb. 16.
The federal government has committed $400 million over two years to help close to 500 First Nation communities in Canada to build new housing, repair and remediate existing non-profit housing.
In Ontario, CMHC will allocate more than $8 million toward the renovation and retrofit of 577 units and more than $6.2 million toward subsidies for 29 new units.
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