Waakia’ligan: Community Voices on Housing at Garden Hill First Nation, Manitoba
Date
2018
Authors
Hoque, A M Rezwanul
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This research analyzed the housing crisis in Garden Hill First Nation (GHFN) through interviews with 11 key informants knowledgeable about culturally appropriate housing and other relevant issues. Government policies have obstructed the community’s aspiration of integrating their culture and governance in housing solutions. Private housing is not an option as a Certificate of Possession requires a band guarantee and mortgage, and mortgage options were impossible while under third party management. Fundamental change is needed in the current top-down model for First Nation housing, which results in culturally and climatically inappropriate homes. Further, with building materials purchased outside GHFN, 94% of housing money leaves the community. A community-based housing enterprise, where local materials and labor are developed and used, is needed to improve the housing situation in GHFN.
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Housing, Certificate of Possession, Colonization, Capacity building, Homelessness, Colonization.
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