OAHS Issues Capital and Operating Request for Proposals for Phase 5 of the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF)
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services has released two Request for Proposals (RFPs) is to provide Service Providers with an opportunity to be selected as a recipient of the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF) Phase 5, with each RFP representing a Capital and Operational funding component....
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Indigenous housing project to feature communal spaces
Published on May 5, 2022 in the Sarnia Journal A new housing complex planned for Sarnia will serve as a much-needed community hub for Indigenous families, its lead architect says. “We’re not just building housing ...
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Work on 30-unit supportive housing facility begins near Evergreen
The facility aims to provide supportive housing for people transitioning away from homelessness with a variety of support services and is expected to be staffed 24-hours a day. The development of the project was modelled after a similar transitional housing facility in Sioux Lookout....
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De dwa da dehs nye>s receives $10M to redevelop Aboriginal Health Centre
OAHS will also be partnering with De dwa da dehs nye>s on this development and will create 90-110 units on this site....
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Housing in Budget 2022: lots of words, but very few homes
Just as housing garnered more attention in the 2021 federal election than any previous election, it scored a record appearance in Budget 2022 contributing 20 pages out of the total 304 pages....
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Current Indigenous housing approach has ‘demonstrably failed,’ federally appointed council says
The report lays out plans for an overhaul and is the first set of recommendations to Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen....
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OAHS Awards RFP for Thunder Bay Youth Transitional Housing Development to Two Row Arcitect
OAHS is excited to announce that our recent Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide consulting services, designs, and more for our Thunder Bay Youth Transitional Housing Development has been awarded to Two Row Architect from Ohsweken, Ontario....
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OAHS Issues a Request for Proposal for Phase I of the National Housing Strategy’s Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI) for Indigenous Program Administrators
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is requesting proposals for Phase I of the National Housing Strategy’s Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI) for Indigenous Program Administrators....
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Provincial funding for indigenous childcare in Sault Ste. Marie
Officials with Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services and Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre in Sault Ste. Marie are celebrating the addition of more local Indigenous childcare spaces....
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Ontario Investing in Indigenous Childcare Centre in Sault Ste. Marie
Published by Ontario Newsroom - Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry on March 4, 2022 SAULT STE. MARIE – The Ontario government is providing $1 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund ...
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Annual Don McBain Memorial Award Applications Open for Indigenous Youth
Today marks the opening of the Don McBain Memorial Award for its second year! Since 2017, the idea of contributing to an Indigenous student’s education will continue and applications are now open for all Indigenous ...
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Where’s the democracy in a system that lets homeowners deny housing to others?
OPINION: Current policies favour those who already live in established neighbourhoods. We need to think about young families, racialized and Indigenous people, immigrants, and future generations....
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A delay in home building will drive costs up and people out: Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force
Jake Lawrence, CEO and group head of global banking and markets at Scotiabank, and chairman of the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss his take on Ontario’s housing market. He speaks to some solutions, including removing red tape, to help the region build 1.5M homes in the next decade....
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Ontario housing task force recommends ways to boost home supply
Ontario needs to quickly and aggressively build more homes to address the province’s housing crisis, by increasing density, and limiting consultations and appeals, expert advisers said Tuesday....
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How to get 1.5 million desperately needed homes built in Ontario
If we’re bold and act quickly, there is a clear path out of the housing crisis that is putting home ownership out of reach for far too many Ontarians....
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OAHS Awards White River Phase 2 Design and Construction Tender to Belisle Builders
OAHS is pleased to announce that Belisle Builders has been awarded this White River Phase 2 development....
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Count captures snapshot of local homelessness
2021 point-in-time homeless count indicates majority of those experiencing homelessness are Indigenous, nearly half spent time in foster care....
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OAHS Issues a Request for Proposal to Provide Consulting Services, Designs, and more for Thunder Bay Youth Transitional Housing Development
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is requesting proposals to create conceptual drawings and site plan for the Thunder Bay Youth Transitional Housing Development....
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Community Housing Transformation Centre Aids in OAHS’s Working Strategic Plan
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) has been in the process of constructing the organization’s new five-year Strategic Plan with a generous contribution from Community Housing Transformation Centre (the Centre) funding....
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$10 million more per year from Ontario to build new Indigenous housing hailed by service groups
New funding for Indigenous housing from the Ontario government has left Justin Marchand, Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS), “ecstatic.” ...
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