Source: Federal Government

Author/Department: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Location: On-reserve; National

Theme or Topic of Interest: Housing and Infrastructure

Type of Funding: Grants Loans

Aboriginal Group: First Nations

Web Page: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/ab/onre/onre_003.cfm

Description: Aboriginal Capacity Development facilitates the acquisition of tools in terms of knowledge, skills, training and resources that will allow First Nations to work towards self-sufficiency in housing and take on more responsibility for the functioning of their community. Assistance is provided to First Nations housing institutions and individual housing providers to acquire the skills and knowledge to design, build, inspect and manage housing on reserve such as: Training sessions on Client Counselling, Property Management Planning, Home Maintenance, Arrears Management and Indoor Air Quality; Access to inspector training for First Nations individuals through provincial building official associations and through community colleges; Development of Healthy Housing projects to assist in dealing with health, adequacy and affordability issues in First Nations communities; and Support for Aboriginal youth career fairs and conferences dealing with management and technical housing issues.

Email: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/cous/cous_017.cfm

Phone: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/cous/cous_017.cfm

Treasury Board Web Page:
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/aaps-aapd/program.aspx?Language=EN&program=3899&parentDepartment=4

(*Available to Canadian federal government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations only.)

Status: Active

Closing Date: no closing date