On November 21, the CHRA Indigenous Caucus, the National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Inc. (NICHI), the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) submitted a letter to the federal government in response to Budget 2025.
"We welcome the Government of Canada’s renewed commitment to Indigenous housing in Budget 2025. At the same time, we must note that many of these commitments reflect longstanding obligations announced in Budget 2023 that remain undelivered. This work must be advanced now to achieve timely, credible progress on affordability, supply, and reconciliation.
"As organizations on the ground, we see every day how Indigenous people—particularly women, youth, and Elders, continue to face the highest rates of core housing need in the country. According to Statistics Canada, “more than 80% of Indigenous people live in urban, rural, and northern communities” (2021 Census). These are the communities that rely most heavily on Indigenous housing and service providers that support all distinctions and statuses without jurisdictional barriers. The CHRA Indigenous Caucus was established to represent this reality, and it continues to serve as a critical source of national policy expertise and practitioner insight".