New Zealand shows how a housing crisis can become a catastrophe
Published by the Globe and Mail on August 6th, 2022 An adviser looked at our bank balances and asked if we were expecting a large donation from family. Our smiles faded. Without at least 20 ...
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New affordable housing project to assist urban Indigenous moms
Published by The London Free Press on July 25th, 2022 London’s newest affordable housing project, intended to support urban Indigenous mothers, sailed through the first stage of political approval Monday night. A four-story, 42-unit apartment building is ...
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The Need for Indigenous-Led Housing
Published on July 21st, 2022 at The TYEE Home is where the heart is. It is where life begins. Home should be a place of safety, love, health, security, happiness, and respect in kinship with ...
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OAHS Director of Policy Appointed New Board Member of Community Housing Transformation Centre
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is excited to announce that our Director of Policy Jaimee Gaunce has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Community Housing Transformation Centre (The Centre)....
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Biindigen Well Being Centre set to build in McQuesten Neighbourhood
It is with great excitement we announce the launch of the Biindigen Well Being Centre, which will be home to De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre, Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg and Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services....
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OAHS and Neech-ke-Wehn celebrates Indigenous Grade 8 Grads
Neech-ke-Wehn celebrates Indigenous Grade 8 Grads ...
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OAHS to Visit Cochrane, Kapuskasing, and Timmins for Event Info Session on OPHI Programs
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services is excited to offer some in-person events where you can get the chance of learning about our OPHI Homeownership and Home Repair Programs!...
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OAHS to Visit North Bay and Sudbury for Event Info Session on OPHI Programs
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services is excited to offer some in-person events where you can get the chance of learning about our OPHI Homeownership and Home Repair Programs!...
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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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