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CMHC’s Housing Internship for Indigenous Youth (HIIY) program provides financial assistance – a wage subsidy – to organizations and businesses in the housing sector to hire Indigenous youth for internship positions.
Eligible Applicants
Employee:
- Indigenous governments and affiliated organizations including Band and Tribal Councils and self-government entities
- Public or not-for-profit Indigenous organizations
- For-profit Indigenous businesses
- Public, private or not-for-profit non-Indigenous employers seeking to employ Indigenous youth
Interns:
- youth must not be receiving Employment Insurance while they participate in the HIIY program
- they must agree to discontinue Employment Insurance benefits before starting the internship
- interns can’t be employed elsewhere during the internship
- interns can live anywhere in Canada – on or off reserve, in northern, rural, remote or urban area
Eligible Expenses
Internship positions include:
- housing administration
- maintenance
- construction / renovation
- tenant relations
- trades apprenticeships