Housing Committee seeks new beginnings... Snaw'Naw'As housing committee formed sometime ago to address the needs and issues arising from its membership, and the current housing status. From that era to this new age we've seen significant changes, and housing increases along with more families moving back to the reserve. Our housing committee see the need for more policies to better assist in the fair delivery of services to the membership, currently as seen in the past this committee operates in an ad-hoc state in which the meetings arise out of necessity. Breaking out of such a cycle the housing committee and its members seek the need for change, and a more improved way of handling band housing affairs; after a Housing Governance workshop held in Snuneymuxw earlier in the year, hosted by Nautsa Maw:t Tribal Council and Glen Lawson of Lawson & Tessier, the Snaw'Naw'As administration and Housing Committee sought the need for more governing structures in order for a more sound delivery and outcomes related to housing matters. The Housing Committee is currently working with Glen Lawson, funding through Nautsa Maw:t Tribal Council, are developing a Housing Policy, Housing Committee's Terms of Reference and accompanying policies that form the whole of both the T.O.R and the Housing Policy. Through more structure and understanding of why the need for such policies are being implimented, the Housing Committee feel stronger in the sense that they will work more cohesively and will be stronger in maintaining its current housing affairs, while gaining a better understanding of First Nations housing as a whole, not just on a single reserve. The housing committee is restructuring itself and enabling more community involvement by adding 3 or 4 new members to its committee.
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