Housing Dept

Mission Statement:

Adams Lake Indian Band (ALIB) Housing Department is committed to providing, promoting and maintaining adequate, safe, sustainable and affordable housing which strives for a greener environment and planned development. Our key objective is to promote homeowner responsibility, home ownership and personal growth.

Our goal in the future is to build sustainable and affordable housing for our membership.

From March 2020 to date have done seven mold renovations and eight regular renovations, they have come to a close now. This will be all for now as we are going forward with new construction.

Applied for CMHC Section 95 housing and got approved to build six Social Housing Units this spring/summer of 2021/2022. Worked with Thompson River University (TRU)

and Neskonlith Indian Band to do a Level 1 carpentry course for our Band Members which in turn they are building a duplex for us in the new subdivision. This will be finished in the summer of 2021.

Level 1 course has finished for the students on March 12th, 2021. Nine students finished the course and all of them passed. Thanks to their instructor Tristan Duncan, and from TRU Heather Hamilton, Tom Hanks and Will Our band equipment demolished the old trailer at 6407 Village Road, this will now have a duplex put in that location a 3 and a 2 bedroom modular unit. We also have another 2 bedroom modular going at 5941 Mountainview Road.

CMHC gave the Band Supplemental Funding to renovation our Phase 11 units (5 plex). All renovations must be complete by March 31st, 2021. Renovations included doing on demand hot water, furnaces and heat pumps with Fortis and BC Hydro rebates, also flooring, cabinets, countertops, appliances and painting. Which all of this has been complete.

Done some new roofs for Phase 13, 1 & 2, put on metal roofing and continuous gutters with snow stops. Six homes in total. Will be looking into more being done this next fiscal year.

We are also replacing or repairing stairs as well as building ramps for the Elders and members with disabilities.

In our Housing Department we have three office staff and three maintenance workers.

Housing is working on a database for each house on reserve. Working on the Housing Policy and making progress on this.

ALIB Carpenters &Chief Clifford Arnouse & Councilor Elaine Jules

Pictures taken by Housing Assistant Karla Turner