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Wednesday, November 25 2015
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Carson Shanks of HARO Pacific Developments stands with Tseycum First Nation Chief Tanya Jimmy, Tseycum Housing Manager Xavier Jack and Chair of the Housing Committee Josephine Joe as they announce the donation of a house to the community.
Tseycum subdivision gets its first house Local First Nation has space for 17 homes to help solve a housing shortage issue in the community Carlie Connolly News staff
The planned 17 lot subdivision in Tseycum First Nation now has its first house. With $30,000 worth of upgrades on the inside, the current two bedroom, one bathroom home stands seven feet in the air as the foundation will be poured before it is lowered into place.
The house was donated this month by housing need.” Shanks said there is a lack of housing in Carson Shanks of HARO Pacific Developments to the First Nation community for $1 the community, with more people than the “I really saw an opportunity where I could Tseycum has houses for. As well, some of give back to a degree,” he said. “I mean their existing homes, he continued, are in it would have been a lot easier for me to a bad state. “They’re struggling with money and they have just (demolished) the house but it was a nice house with decent bones that just want to populate these lots to create Sidney Ad2 renovated - PNR Novand 2015 • Size: 10.333” (w) x 2.0”housing (h) • Revfor2 First • NovNations 20/15 more affordable had beenBIA newly I thought that I could fulfill some sort of an affordable people,” Shanks said.
The development began a few years ago along Totem Road. The first phase of this subdivision development at Tseycum saw the roads paved in 2012. The second phase was to have housing put in. Chief Tanya Jimmy said due to a recent band election and subsequent turnover, that didn’t happen as quickly as they hoped. Please see: Large demand for housing, page 5
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