Thursday, February 17, 2011

Federal Funding for Aboriginal Housing

A number of first nation communities in northwestern Ontario will benefit

from a 14 million dollar housing program announced by the federal government.

Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford announced the infrastrucuture project at the Northern Housing Conference taking place in Thunder Bay.

The Rat Portage and Couchiching First Nations will get the largest share of the  money in this region.

Both communities have been promised 400 thousand dollars.

Rickford says the money will be used for social housing projects and also to help repair aging homes in the communities.