By Mike Simpson Local Journalism Initiative Reproter 25/07/2024 KENORA – Federal funding is helping Kekekoziibii Development Corporation add dozens of housing units to the city on Lake of the Woods. The corporation, owned by Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, has obtained $8.7 million in federal money to buy 20.3 acres and put up “a 24-unit apartment building for affordable housing for urban Indigenous people who are living and taking training in the city of Kenora,” Kekekoziibii chief executive officer Diane Redsky said Wednesday. The land near 9th Street has water, sewer and hydro service connections, Redsky said. Construction is slated to begin next spring and the corporation aims “to build more apartment buildings on that site for affordable housing, because we know that there is an extreme shortage of housing…
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