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$2B to fix dilapidated First Nations homes in Manitoba alone: government report

WINNIPEG – Internal government documents say Manitoba First Nations live in some of the most dilapidated homes in the country and it will cost $2 billion to eliminate mould and chronic overcrowding in that province alone.

That’s almost 13 times more than the $150 million the federal government has budgeted for housing on all reserves across Canada this year.

Reports from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information legislation, say the housing situation in Manitoba has worsened as infrastructure funding has been siphoned off to other areas.

http://aptn.ca/news/2016/02/01/2b-to-fix-dilapidated-first-nations-homes-in-manitoba-alone-government-report/

 

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