On Saturday, the first of 22 long awaited and much needed modular homes arrived in the Attawapiskat community, and the second home is on its way, but its arrival is delayed due to the heavy traffic on icy roads, Aboriginal Affairs minister John Duncan’s office told CBC News.
Attawapiskat is currently caught in a housing crisis where all of their homes are not up to code, and unliveable in the winter cold.
The modular homes are currently being inspected before it is handed over to Attawapiskat’s band and council.
However, in a CBC News report, it said that on Saturday, Duncan is concerned that the sites for the modular homes are not ready.
“I have communicated directly with the chief and council to express my concern with the state of readiness of the serviced lots to receive and immediately hook up all modular homes that have been purchased,” he said.
New Democrat Charlie Angus, who represents the area, is putting the blame of the unprepared site on the third-party financial manager. He says that even though working crews are ready to work, the funds have not been made available, CBC News reported.
“The community can't hire anybody,” he said. “We have a very narrow window of opportunity to get supplies.”
Attawapiskat leaders have been fighting to remove the third-party manager and applied for an injunction, but earlier this month, a Federal Court judge refused to issue it.
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