RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - BACKGROUND
PAGE 31
Table 4: Funding Opportunities Available to Indigenous Nations, Communities, and Organizations Opportunity Description Indigenous Housing Fund
• $550 million over 10 years to support 1,750 newly created housing units • Open to Indigenous non-profit housing providers, First Nations, for- profit developers wanting to partner with Indigenous housing providers • 100% ownership by Indigenous housing providers • Housing provider must hold a mortgageable interest in the land and be able to obtain CMHC insured mortgage • $1.9 billion over 10 years to deliver 14,350 affordable new rental homes • Open to municipalities, non-profit housing providers, housing co- operatives, and Indigenous organizations • $734 million over 10 years to build and operate 1,500 new units of housing including transition houses, safe homes, second-stage and long-term housing • $1.2 billion over 10 years to build and operate 2,500 units of supportive housing for those that are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Community Housing Fund
Women’s Transition Housing Fund
Supportive Housing Fund
Source: BC Housing Document Review, 2019. 3.1.2.3 Community Engagement and Consultation
When developing projects, staff at BC Housing seek to receive input from Indigenous partners through regular meetings and discussions. BC housing informs Indigenous Nations whose territory overlaps with the project location and follows up with discussions to allow impacted communities to comment on the development. 55 3.1.2.4 Building Capacity Offering workshops and mentorship are two ways that BC Housing supports capacity-building with Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations. Past initiatives include: • Signing Asset Management Memorandum of Understandings with Indigenous Nations which include capacity building regarding capital planning and repairs, construction standards, health and safety, energy efficiency, property maintenance, and redevelopment process and principles; • Delivering SkillsPlus workshops to on-reserve communities, including in-class and online delivery options through BC Housing’s Enterprise Learning Management software
system. Training modules include: − Common building maintenance − Electrical safety and troubleshooting − HVAC safety and troubleshooting
− Janitorial − Plumbing • Presentations to on-Nation communities to share how operating agreements work; and, • Training in asbestos management, Rapid Damage Assessment, and more.
55 BC Housing PAR Submission 2018.
Made with FlippingBook - Share PDF online