Mini Home Construction At Long Plain

A significant housing project's under way at Long Plain First Nation.

A dozen mini homes are being built in the community's arena to ease the overcrowding in existing homes.

The work's being done by Mini Homes of Manitoba. Anita Munn tells us the work began late last week, and has gone incredibly well.

"The walls have been started," she says, "We have four of the bases ready to be spray-foamed. The other two should be done by the end of the day. Our goal is, by the weekend, to have all of the bases spray-foamed, so that, come Monday, we can start decking and putting up walls."

Munn's already met with some of the people who'll get the mini homes.

"We've had actually, quite a few," she says, "They've popped in to see the progress, and let us know they're excited to get their homes. One of our fellows working with us is one of the home owners as well."

She adds talks began with Chief and Council about nine months ago.

"On how these are a way to offset the overcrowding," she says, "And, of course, being affordable and attainable. So we've started the process of getting the project going, backed through CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) and I-NAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada). It was just a lot of paperwork in processing through that side of it."

They expect to complete the first home in roughly six weeks, with the entire project taking six months.