Federal and Provincial Governments Help Habitat for Humanity Family Become Homeowners

Released on January 22, 2018

“Prince Albert Habitat for Humanity Inc. is extremely proud to celebrate the completion of our fifth build for our Duck Lake Chapter,” Thomas said.  “The home was built in partnership with the Willow Cree Healing Lodge, and marks the end of a very successful collaboration in Duck Lake.  We would like to thank the Government of Canada, through CMHC, along with the Government of Saskatchewan, through SHC, for continuing support of the Habitat mission.  This brand-new home will serve our partner family well, giving them a safe and stable forever home.  We wish them many happy memories in their new home and lasting success as homeowners."

Quick facts:

• CMHC, along with SHC, jointly contributed $50,000 to build the home through the 2014-2019 Investment in Affordable Housing Agreement.
• Located at 341 - 7th Street, the home is a four-bedroom raised bungalow approximately 1,175 square feet (109 square metres) with a partially developed basement.
• CORCAN, a special operating agency of Correctional Service Canada, works with inmates of the Willow Cree Healing Lodge (WCHL) to develop trade skills necessary to build houses.  WCHL provides labour and Habitat provides construction materials.  This is the fifth house the partnership between Habitat and WCHL has created.
• Habitat’s innovative delivery model provides opportunities for families to stabilize their housing and to achieve their homeownership goals.  Each partner family selected by Habitat for Humanity contributes 500 partnering hours in building their home or other Habitat homes.  To learn more about Habitat for Humanity and their work across Saskatchewan, visit www.habitat.ca.
• The Government of Canada recently unveiled its National Housing Strategy, a 10-year, $40 billion plan that will create 100,000 new housing units and lift 530,000 families out of housing need.

• As Canada's authority on housing, CMHC contributes to the stability of the housing market and financial system, provides support for Canadians in housing need, and offers unbiased housing research and advice to all levels of Canadian government, consumers and the housing industry.  For more information, please visit www.cmhc.ca or follow CMHC on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
• In October 2012, the Government of Saskatchewan released the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth: Vision 2020 and Beyond, which sets out the government’s vision for a province of 1.2 million people by 2020.  The plan identifies principles, goals and actions to ensure Saskatchewan is capturing the opportunities and meeting the challenges of a growing province.  Since 2007, the Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $770 million to develop or repair almost 16,000 housing units across our province.  To learn more, visit www.saskatchewan.ca.