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In an announcement on Wednesday, Sydney-Victoria MP Jaime Battiste, speaking on behalf of Sean Fraser, minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, joined Terry Paul, chief and CEO of Membertou, to unveil funding of $8.2 million in funds for Membertou First Nation provided through the third round of the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI). Membertou First Nation has been granted approval and funding to construct 32 new modular single-family homes. This development comes after an additional investment of $1.5 billion by the federal government into the RHI program, catapulting the program&#8217;s total budget to $4 billion. &#8220;In July 2024, we will officially welcome 32 new homes through this RHI,&#8221; said Paul. &#8220;This will be, without a&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F01%2F18%2Ffederal-government-announces-8-2-million-in-housing-funding-for-membertou-first-nation%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0By Mitchell Ferguson \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter MEMBERTOU- New housing is coming for residents of Membertou. In an announcement on Wednesday, Sydney-Victoria MP Jaime Battiste, speaking on behalf of Sean Fraser, minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, joined Terry Paul, chief and CEO of Membertou, to unveil funding of $8.2 million in funds for Membertou First Nation provided through the third round of the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI). Membertou First Nation has been granted approval and funding to construct 32 new modular single-family homes. This development comes after an additional investment of $1.5 billion by the federal government into the RHI program, catapulting the program&#8217;s total budget to $4 billion. &#8220;In July 2024, we will officially welcome 32 new homes through this RHI,&#8221; said Paul. &#8220;This will be, without a... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2024%2F01%2F18%2Ffederal-government-announces-8-2-million-in-housing-funding-for-membertou-first-nation%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal government announces $8.2 million in housing funding for Membertou First Nation - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/federal-government-announces-8-2-million-in-housing-funding-for-membertou-first-nation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal government announces $8.2 million in housing funding for Membertou First Nation - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0By Mitchell Ferguson \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter MEMBERTOU- New housing is coming for residents of Membertou. 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