Attawapiskat housing crisis

The Attawapiskat First Nation has a long-standing housing crisis, due to lack of adequate housing supply leading to overcrowding and health problems. The housing crisis is itself seen as the cause of other crises in the First Nation. In 2011, Chief Theresa Spence declared a state of emergency, which received widespread media attention. Since then, another state of emergency was declared in 2013 and the crisis has been the subject of several documentaries.

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