Budget 2022 promises $4.3 billion to improve Indigenous housing in Canada
and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs to speed up work on the issue, including $2.4 billion for on-reserve housing.Inflation action and help for renters: Here’s what’s missing from Budget 2022
The budget also fulfils a Liberal campaign pledge to put $300 million over five years toward building an urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing strategy. The government is also preparing to spend about $210 million more over five years on helping communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools, including searching for unmarked graves and making sure the federal government hands over related documents.
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