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Six Nations elders’ housing units soon to be outfitted with generators

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Six Nations Elected Council have approved four elder housing units to be outfitted with generators within Six Nations to provide better care for the community senior members. Photo courtesy of Sergei Akulich from Pixabay.
Andrew Dow - CJKS - Ohsweken • ON | 22-11-2023
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Six Nations Housing have been approved to outfit four of the community's elder housing units with generators within the Village of Ohsweken to better accommodate the residents in those facilities before the winter months.

Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) gave approval for this project during the Nov. 20 General Finance meeting.

The four elder housing units that will be equipped with generators (and each site's cost) are:

  • 28 Bicentennial Trail - $109,225.00
  • 25 Pine Crescent - $123,614.00
  • 37 Sunrise Court - $224,434.00
  • 2122 Fourth Line Road - $187,788.00

The total project will cost $645,061 and will be funded through the Indigenous Services Canada COVID-19 funding to support the elders and vulnerable community members that was received by SNEC in previous fiscal years. Council says that a total of $2.6 million was still available for use prior to the request for funding on this project.

Six Nations Housing Acting Director & Financial Control Officer Lily-Anne Mt. Pleasant spoke on the need for the generators within these elder housing units.

"It is a need, we have people at Sunrise Court that are on CPAP machines, the power goes out, I think most people know on the territory quite frequently and with winter approaching it's a huge issue that we were looking to address."

SNEC approved the project during the Nov. 20 General Finance meeting and Mt. Pleasant says now with that approval she will be able to figure out a timeline on the project with the generator manufacturers and suppliers this week and update council and when this project will move forward.

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