Melissa Ridgen
APTN Investigates
Reporter Melissa Ridgen looks into the billions of dollars in federal funds spent fighting the ballooning housing crisis on Canada’s First Nations. Rats, mold and backed-up sewage are just some of the conditions Indigenous people live with every day. With more than 175,000 homes needed to keep pace with a burgeoning population, experts say the $550 million dollar plan by the Liberal government is a drop in the bucket.
