Animakee Wa Zhing’s leadership is committed to providing safe housing for our band members, while maintaining clear business principles and remaining fiscally responsible and accountable to the membership.
This will be done through open and respectful communication, building capacity, fostering a shared understanding and commitment, as well as developing the capacities and capabilities of our members to become self-reliant and taking pride in the care and upkeep of our housing.
Our commitment is based on the following principles:
- To support and aid in the provision of the memberships’ basic housing needs on-reserve.
- That continuous effort is made to support and achieve improvements in housing for our members.
- That our housing program be administered in a cost-effective, service-oriented, readily accessible and accountable way to membership.
- That all band members be treated in a fair and equitable manner with respect to the allocation and distribution of our housing programming and related funding.
- That the housing needs of Animakee Wa Zhing may change, as such, our policies are subject to change and may be revised accordingly, as needed.
Housing Committee
The Animakee Wa Zhing Housing Committee shall consist of five (5) individuals who are 18 years of age or older and are registered members of the Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation. A target of a minimum of one (1) committee member will be from Windigo Island, Regina Bay and living off-reserve.
Maintenance
Tenants are expected and responsible for regularly and reasonably maintaining their allocated home, and are expected and responsible for reporting major issues as soon as possible.