The sounds of hammers, saws and drills fill the air in Wauzhushk Onigum Nation as construction workers are busy getting the foundations ready for a handful of new housing units on the First Nation next door to Kenora, Ont.
The new homes, expected to be completed by this fall, will help get 10 to 12 families off the First Nation’s housing wait list, according to Chief Chris Skead.
It’s a significant step forward, thanks largely to the federal government’s rapid housing initiative, but the chief says it won’t come close to addressing the overcrowding in other homes on the reserve.
“Realistically, we’re about 100
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