Poor housing conditions lead to health concerns.(Alberta Sweetgrass: Special Section providing news from Alberta)
Wind Speaker, January, 2008 by Schultz, Heather
Invasive mould, spongy floors and leaky ceilings forced the evacuation of 31 people, more than half of them children, from five uninhabitable homes of the Piikani Nation Nov. 23.
"We declared a state of emergency for the Piikani Nation because of our housing situation," said Adam North Peigan, a band councilor. "Some of our Nation members would not have survived the winter."
Poor conditions have led to health concerns such as pneumonia, asthma, nosebleeds and migraines for the occupants of the homes. Eight other homes are also considered priorities, and others still are endangered from years of gradual deterioration. The reserve's location, on a flood plain, has only compounded the problem.
Piikani Nation leaders estimate cost of fixing their...
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