Indigenous housing groups get Catholic school board fees waived from building permits – CBC

Dec 08, 2021

Waiver will save planned healing lodge in Scarborough more than $57K

The Toronto Catholic District School Board has voted to waive education development charges for five Indigenous housing organizations.

It’s a move that Patti Pettigrew applauds. Pettigrew, who is Algonquin from Pikwakanagan First Nation, is the executive director of Thunder Women’s Healing Lodge. The waiver will save her organization $57,432.

Pettigrew has been pushing for the waiver for months, ever since her organization applied for a building permit for a 24-unit housing/healing facility for Indigenous women dealing with the criminal justice system.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-housing-catholic-school-fee-waiver-1.6277969