Thousands of new affordable rental homes are being built for Indigenous people in B.C. through partnerships with the province, BC Housing and Indigenous non-profit housing providers.
At a press conference in Surrey on Tuesday (Sept. 10), Ravi Kahlon, B.C.'s Minister of Housing, announced that 1,662 new rental homes are "on their way" for First Nation communities on and off First Nation reserves.
"It is a good day because I know what this will mean to communities.
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