First Nations housing
Learn how Indigenous Services Canada helps First Nations provide sustainable housing on reserve.
Roles and responsibilities
Indigenous Services Canada's role in First Nations housing.
First Nations On-Reserve Housing Program
Funding opportunities for more and better-quality housing in First Nation communities in most of Canada.
Housing Support Program in British Columbia
Apply for funding to help First Nations in British Columbia leverage funding, develop housing plans and policy and manage housing in their communities.
First Nations Market Housing Fund
The fund helps First Nations get loans from financial institutions and build, buy or renovate a house on reserve lands.
Ministerial Loan Guarantees
Ministerial Loan Guarantees secure loans to build, purchase or renovate on-reserve housing.
On-reserve Income Assistance Program
Recipients of this program who live on a reserve may be eligible to get shelter allowance through their basic needs benefit to help cover living expenses such as utilities and rent.
Forms
Forms for programs and services related to infrastructure and housing.
Health in your home
Health information about housing, mould and indoor air.
Related links
- Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative
- Non-Profit Housing Program for First Nation Communities
- Develop and manage Indigenous housing
- Renovation, repair and renewal funding for Indigenous housing
- Maintenance planning guide for First Nation communities
- Housing Internship Initiative for First Nations and Inuit Youth
- Infrastructure: a step-by-step process
- Other housing programs for Indigenous peoples
- Video: Mould in First Nations Communities (CMHC)