Alberta real estate agent wants to boost Indigenous home ownership
Posted: Jul 15, 2022 3:20 PM MT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoA Indigenous real estate agent says that when it comes to home ownership in Alberta, there is a disparity between the number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous buyers.Jason Johnson, a member of Piikani Nation, says that when he received his real estate licence in 2021, he noticed he was one of only a few Indigenous agents in the province.
Jason Johnson is hosting an information session this month for Indigenous people who are interested in buying real estate. "There seems to be a hunger there with our people … the idea of 'maybe I could buy my own house' maybe never donned on folks but was always there."
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