Our Partners
KAMLOOPS NATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY
Kamloops Native Housing Society (KNHS) is an Indigenous governed and managed non-profit Housing Society located in the City of Kamloops and was incorporated in 1987. KNHS is the owner of 197 quality affordable housing units in Thompson, Okanagan, and Kootenay with 103 units in Kamloops. The homes are managed and occupied by Indigenous people.
Indigenous Services Canada
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) works collaboratively with partners to improve access to high quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Our vision is to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities.
ISC is a supporting partner by providing pilot initiative funding to explore, develop and implement the goals set out by the HRS First Nations communities.
Our Friends
First Nations Market Housing Fund
About the Fund
The First Nations Market Housing Fund (“the Fund”) is dedicated to empowering First Nations communities across Canada by providing them with tools needed to secure homeownership on reserve lands. We believe that homeownership can significantly improve housing challenges in on-reserve communities.
Our vision: First Nation prosperity through homeownership.
Our mission: To provide pathways to homeownership for First Nations people.
Our mandate: To facilitate access to financing for loan-based housing in First Nations communities. We help create the capacity in First Nations communities to support and sustain loan-based housing programs, thereby contributing to the social welfare and civic improvements of First Nations communities and their residents.
Our approach: We are guided by the unique traditional values and governance structures of each community we serve. The values of the Fund are the seven sacred teachings:
Love, Humility, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, and Truth.
The Fund is active in 41% of all First Nations communities in Canada and currently operates with a two-pronged model:
- Capacity Development – aims to help First Nations qualify for Credit Enhancement
- Credit Enhancement – guarantees housing loans if the First Nation meets specified criteria.
To meet our goal of increasing homeownership on reserve lands, we are working at improving our products and services and have assembled an Indigenous-led team to be more responsive to First Nations. Our Board of Trustees is pursuing transformational reforms to revitalize and strengthen the Fund so that we can expand our services to make homeownership a reality sooner for those who want it.
Learn more at www.fnmhf.ca.
First Nations National Building Officers Association
The First Nations National Building Officer’s Association (FNNBOA) was established in 2003. The name “building officer” was selected because it incorporates the daily activities of a First Nations inspector, whose tasks are many and varied in the community extending beyond the on-site inspection of buildings.
The FNNBOA represents people in First Nation communities who provide residential, commercial and institutional construction and renovation technical services. This includes plans review, inspections, recommending repairs, technical advocacy and advisory services assisting on reserve construction.
The Association has wide ranging objectives in the First Nations building sector, but is primarily a professional association mandated to represent the best interests of members in the broad area of occupational development. Accordingly, FNNBOA has identified key objectives which include:
- Represent individuals working as technical service providers in First Nation communities
- Establish national occupational standards to ensure minimum core competencies
- Establish national certification and accreditation processes
- Ensure programs and policies for capacity development for this sector
- Advocate housing policies that will lead to better building and renovation practices and ultimately improve housing conditions in First Nation communities.