This 2021 pilot set out to build affordable transitional homes for women and families leaving domestic violence. With funding from sponsors including Indigenous Services Canada and the provincial Ministry of Labour and Training, a team of five women trained on the job and, with mentorship, built two homes.
Each home is about 2,700 square feet, with two bedrooms, a bathroom, an open-concept living, dining, and kitchen area, storage, and on-site laundry. The homes were completed in March 2022.
The program paired real construction skills with the chance to build something their community needed.
