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Housing Management
Keeping homes in service: maintenance programs, inspections, policies and training for housing staff.
How do you cut heating costs in remote and northern homes?
Most heat leaves a home through air leaks, basements, walls and windows. Here is how to spec, heat and fund more efficient homes in diesel-reliant and northern communities.
Fire safety in First Nations homes: alarms, codes and funding
What the National Building and Fire Codes require for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, who is responsible for them on reserve under ISC policy, and a practical checklist for housing managers.
How do you write a community housing policy on reserve?
What a First Nation housing policy should say about allocation, waitlists, rent-to-own, ownership, arrears and leases, and how to draft, approve and update it.
How do you build a housing maintenance program on reserve?
Homes on reserve last their full life when maintenance is planned, funded and checked. Here is how to build that program, step by step, from primary federal sources.
How can a housing project build local trades and jobs?
Every housing project contains trade hours. Here is how to turn them into registered apprenticeships, local jobs and a housing department that can maintain its own homes.
Why Do Airtight Homes Need an HRV? A Housing Manager's Guide
Airtight homes need mechanical ventilation. Here is what CMHC, NRCan, ISC and the building code say about running, servicing and explaining HRVs.
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