LYTTON FIRST NATION, B.C. – Federal Minister of Indigenous Services Canada Patty Hajdu recently announced investments in Lytton First Nation in British Columbia.
Hajdu visited Lytton First Nation on April 24 to announce $1.3 million through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) and highlighted $119 million in community rebuilding efforts.
“Over the past few years, Lytton First Nation has been on the frontlines of climate change. I am persistently inspired by the community’s leadership and resilience to rebuild after the devastating 2021 and 2022 wildfires,” Hajdu said.
The $1.3 million in funding through the HAF will go towards fast-tracking 20 housing units over the next three years with construction of more than 175 homes over the next decade, an Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) release said.
As of April 2024, the release added, ISC has committed over $119 million in funding for community rebuilding and recovery efforts including $43.3 million to replace all 39 on-reserve units lost in the 2021 fire and $56.7 million for interim housing, interim community buildings, evacuee support, recovery staffing, renovations to 11 homes and debris removal.
Approximately $17.6 million has been put towards 28 additional homes for Nlaka’pamux members who were living in the Village of Lytton at the time of the 2021 fire and wish to return to Lytton First Nation and over $577,000 in Emergency Management Assistance Program funding was allocated for the First Nation to establish a pilot project to increase capacity, resources and fire risk preparedness.
The 2024 federal budget’s new measures and housing investments include an additional $918 million in Indigenous Housing and Community Infrastructure to narrow housing and infrastructure gaps in Indigenous communities as well as $5 billion already available for communities in 2024–25, a $400 million top up HAF and $15 billion in new loans provided through the Apartment Construction Loan Program.
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