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• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Administers subsidized housing program
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities
• Assists with accessing financial assistance for some housing prorgams including the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) On-Reserve

Housing Program/Band Office also:

• Leases 97 cottage lots to members of the public with limited road access, electricity and telephone services on Lake Panache
• Completed a new sub-division with 27 serviced lots and also includes a new four-plex
• Was chosen in Dec 2010 as the pilot project location to build sustainable housing in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations and the Holmes Group, from the popular Canadian television show Holmes on Homes

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

Also responsible for:

• Providing assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
• Development and maintenance of all documents and forms related to housing including leases, releases and notices

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed
• Works with Pickerel Contracting Ltd for housing repairs and construction
• Participates in the First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF)

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Provides assistance through a Band-established revolving loan repayment program for minor housing repairs
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

Also responsible for:

• Providing assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
• Development and maintenance of all documents and forms related to housing including leases, releases and notices

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests through a housing committee
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Liaises with Band Manager and Chief and Council on all construction projects and future developments
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Works closely with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC)
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

Matrimonial Real Property (MRP) Law

• Upholds rules and procedures of the Whitefish River First Nation (WRFN) MRP Law for division of matrimonial property resulting from the breakdown of a marriage or common-law relationship when at least one of the spouses is a citizen of WRFN
• Applied only when domestic contracts and mediation have been used as first resorts
• Works in the best interests of children involved, maintains each citizen's right to reside on reserve and hold property, and is fair to both spouses

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Provides assistance through a Band-established revolving loan repayment program for minor housing repairs
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

Also responsible for:

• Providing assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
• Development and maintenance of all documents and forms related to housing including leases, releases and notices

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

Also responsible for:

• Providing assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
• Development and maintenance of all documents and forms related to housing including leases, releases and notices

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed
• Participates in the First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF)

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Liaises with Director of Public Works and Chief and Council on all construction projects and future developments
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities
• Works closely with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests through a housing department and committee
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed
• Works jointly with the Community Infrastructure Department to manage and maintain the housing infrastructure

Offers the following services:

• Administers a market-based housing program to offer mortgages to qualifying members who wish to purchase, renovate, construct or refinance a home
• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Administers subsidized housing program
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities
• Provides assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Manages the Capital Housing Program which proposes to build five new housing units annually for clients as funding allows
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests through a housing committee
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed
• Joined (Jul 2014) as partner with the First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF) to help reach the goal of more homes in the community

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Administers subsidized housing program
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests through a housing committee
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities

Ongoing and future initiatives include:

• Construction of a 54-lot subdivision; a 2013 draft has been completed
• Ongoing talks with First Nation Market Housing Fund (FNMHF)
• Assisted-living quarters requested by community Elders
• Assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
• Completion of two new four-bedroom duplexes in Aug 2020

• Provides technical advisory and training services to housing authority and band government personnel in all housing issues
• Inspects existing housing and various stages of new housing construction in member communities
• Offers advisory services with housing policies, contracts and lease agreements
• Assists in the development and submission of housing proposals
• Assists with on-reserve Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) program delivery and funding applications

Participates in various training initiatives including but not limited to:

• The Northern Housing Conference
• Ontario Building Officials Association (OBOA)
• Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute (HRAI)

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests through a housing committee
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Administers a market-based housing program to offer mortgages to qualifying members who wish to purchase, renovate, construct or refinance a home
• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications at Council meetings for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Ensures proper housing standards are enforced and inspections are completed
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Administers subsidized housing program
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities
• Provides assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects

• Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
• Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed

Offers the following services:

• Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
• Receives and reviews applications for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans
• Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
• Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
• Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants
• Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
• Enforces all tenant agreements and explains agreement responsibilities
• Provides assistance with applications to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for funding programs such as Ontario Renovates (formerly RRAP and HASI)
• Assists with application for Emergency Renovation Loan

Also responsible for:

• Providing assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
• Development and maintenance of all documents and forms related to housing including leases, releases and notices

Provides rent geared to income housing to those with low or moderate incomes

Housing units are located at the following apartments:

• Westwinds Apartments at 280 Oakwood Ave
• Westwinds Heights at 200 Oakwood Ave
• Westwinds Village at 122 Massey Dr

Manages rent-geared-to-income and market rent housing units

Offers rent-geared-to-income and supportive housing primarily for individuals with mental illness

Offers eight Integrated Housing Sites in the City of North Bay with varying levels of support, located at:

• Algonquin Avenue Building
• Duke Street Apartments
• Lakeshore Drive Home (2)
• Mountainview Estates
• Nipissing Street Building
• Percy Street Building
• Woodward Apartments