New Calgary program provides $6M in funding for Indigenous affordable housing – Calgary | 24CA News
The City of Calgary will likely be offering $6 million for Indigenous inexpensive housing initiatives as a part of its new Indigenous Affordable Housing Funding Program (IAHFP).
According to a Monday news launch, the funding goals to extend the provision of inexpensive housing for Indigenous individuals in Calgary. It is a one-time funding program for inexpensive housing initiatives that’s designed for and delivered for Indigenous individuals and owned by Indigenous individuals.
A Statistics Canada examine revealed in May 2022 discovered Indigenous individuals are at an elevated danger for homelessness.
Around 12 per cent of First Nations individuals, 10 per cent of Inuit and 6 per cent of Métis surveyed in 2018 stated they’ve skilled unsheltered homeless up to now in contrast with two per cent of non-Indigenous individuals, Statistics Canada stated.
According to Mayor Jyoti Gondek, almost a 3rd of these experiencing homelessness in Calgary are Indigenous.
“One of the most important investments we can make for Calgary’s future is in affordable housing,” Gondek stated in an emailed assertion.
“This funding is an important first step in our work to directly address the high need for affordable housing for Indigenous people,” says Tim Ward, the town’s housing options supervisor.
“By providing this funding, we are supporting Indigenous people with their housing needs and making a meaningful commitment to reconciliation.”
Applications for this 12 months’s IAHFP consumption will likely be accepted beginning on National Truth and Reconciliation Day (Sept. 30) till Nov. 30. Information periods will likely be held for teams occupied with making use of for funding.
Successful candidates will likely be notified early subsequent 12 months, the town stated.
More details about the IAHFP could be discovered on the town’s official web site.
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