Building better homes key to fixing Indigenous housing crisis, says report

Energy efficient homes are key to improving some health issues and solving the housing crisis in Indigenous communities, according to a new report on Indigenous housing.

Nearly one in six Indigenous people live in homes needing major repairs, according to Building Strength Through Shelter: Policy prescriptions for Indigenous Healthy Energy Homes, a report released this week from the Canadian Climate Institute and Indigenous Climate Energy.

Carylan Allary, a research associate with the Canadian Climate Institute, says the report looks at links between housing and health that are often overlooked.

"Ultimately building better, more durable homes means that there will need to be less repairs down the road, there'll be less health impacts that result from poor housing," said Allary, who is a