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Human Resources committee Mr. Chair, I can respond to that question. We do have, through the new bilateral agreements with each province and territory, some funding directed directly towards indigenous housing, and reporting is done publicly through action plans submitted by each jurisdiction.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee I'm afraid we'd have to follow up with a written response on that one.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee Mr. Chair, I will answer that question on behalf of CMHC. Our section 95 is the on-reserve rental program, which we continue to offer and have offered for a number of decades to support on-reserve housing needs. There are no clawbacks or restrictions to the funding for repairs.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee The form of funding provided for on-reserve repairs through existing programs is through a forgivable loan, repayable by the proponent. In most cases, that is the band or council that we've entered into an agreement with.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee At CMHC, we continue to offer the residential rehabilitation program on reserve. As I mentioned, it's a suite of programs that support a variety of repair needs on reserve. There's an ongoing annual budget of over $8 million.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee That's correct.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee Mr. Chair, I'm not sure if that's a question directed to ESDC, who are responsible for the homelessness programming.
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley
Human Resources committee Thank you very much for the question. What we can say about funding for the north is that there are new bilateral agreements in place with each territory where, as Romy indicated, there's $447 million over 10 years going to each territory to support the local needs. We're also w
November 17th, 2020Committee meeting
Lindsay Neeley