Lands Advisory Board and First Nations Market Housing Fund Sign Memorandum
of Understanding to Support Land Governance and Individual Home Ownership
Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2024, LAB/FNMHF
Today, Chief Robert Louie, Chairman of the First Nation Lands Advisory Board (LAB) and Michael L. Rice, Chair of the First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the intent to develop a framework for cooperation and collaboration with each other over mutual goals.
The LAB and the FNMHF have working relationships with the same 114 First Nations from coast-to-coast and complimentary operational mandates that support First Nation land governance initiatives and promoting individual home ownership.
This MOU represents a logical step forward for First Nation organization to First Nation organization-based information sharing and promotion, capacity development and training. Growing an environment where First Nation entities can help each other deliver support and services in partnership is a step towards better coordination and more efficient use of limited resources and will ultimately result in more benefit provided to First Nation communities. …
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