OAHS Opens Request for Proposal for Professional Real Estate Services in Northern Ontario
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) has established an open Request for Proposal for Professional Real Estate Services in Northern Ontario....
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Ontario Providing More Affordable Housing in Barrie
Published by Ontario Newsroom – Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on September 29th 2022 BARRIE - The Ontario government is providing more than $800,000 to help create two affordable housing units in Barrie. Through a ...
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OAHS Issues a Request for Proposal for Consulting, Design, Site Plan & Engineering Services For Design and Development in Thunder Bay
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is requesting proposals for consulting, detailed design, site plan and engineering services for design and development in Thunder Bay....
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‘We’re sinking’: Sarnia’s River City Vineyard ‘overwhelmed’
Published by Sarnia and Lambton Country this week on September 23rd, 2022 In her 16 years working at Sarnia’s River City Vineyard, homeless shelter manager Audrey Kelway has never seen things as bad as now. ...
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Announcing the Recipients of the Second Annual Don McBain Memorial Award
The second annual Don McBain Memorial Award has come to a close and Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is proud to announce this year’s recipients; Benjamin Miller, Paige Jackson, and Tracy Lanoue. ...
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OAHS Issues a Request for Proposal for Design & Build Services of Energy-Efficient Development in Dryden
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is requesting proposals for the design and build of an upcoming development in Dryden, Ontario....
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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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