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Couchiching First Nation
Housing Department
- Description
- Addresses and acts upon all housing issues and related requests
- Ensures that housing issues are effectively managed
- Provides recommendations and changes to the housing policy
- Receives and reviews applications for renovations, new housing units, housing loans and housing renovation loans within the Housing Committee; makes recommendations to Chief and Council
- Reviews rents to ensure payments are made
- Arranges inspections of rental units and community houses for maintenance, repairs and renovations
- Carries out annual maintenance and repairs on behalf of tenants and ensures work is completed
- Maintains a comprehensive database on all community housing units that includes information such as what programs were accessed for building and repairs, loans outstanding, services (water, sewer, roads) available, inspection reports, condition of unit, year it was built and other unit particulars
- Providing assistance in the long-term planning of minor/major capital projects
- Development and maintenance of all documents and forms related to housing including leases, releases and notices
- Comments
- Aug 2017-Federal gov't announces $16M in funding for Treaty #3 housing; Couchiching First Nation to receive $1,026,600
- Eligibility
- Members of Couchiching First Nation
- Application Process
- Copy of the housing policy and all related building applications/housing forms available on website and at the Band Office
- Toll Free
- 1-888-581-0249
- Office
- 807-274-3228 - Band Office
- Fax
- 807-274-4671
- Web Site
- http://www.couchiching.ca
- cfnreception@vianet.ca
- Mailing Address
- PO Box RMB 2027
RR 2
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3M3
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Scott McPherson, Tenant Relations Officer
Email: houseadmin@vianet.ca
Phone: 807-274-3228 Ext 220; 807-274-0819 - Building Superintendent
- Keith Bruyere
Email: cfnbuildings@vianet.ca - Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- Plans Inspection required for construction projects
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Legal Status
- (10) Local Government ; (50) Non Profit
- Social Media
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- February 10, 2022
- Address
- 107 Hwy 11, Administration Centre
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3M3- Community is located off Hwy 11 on SW shore of Rainy Lake, approx 2 mi E of Fort Frances
- Main reserve is Couchiching 16A with a land area of 24.8 sq miles; second reserve is Agency 1 which is shared with 3 other First Nations
- Administration Centre is located at intersection of Hwy 11 and Bruyere Ave on Couchiching First Nation
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 - 1630Tue0830 - 1630Wed0830 - 1630Thu0830 - 1630Fri0830 - 1600
Band Office: Mon-Thu 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm; Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4 pm - Service Area(s)
- Couchiching First Nation
