Capital Works & Housing

Community Infrastructure & Safety Services

Community Infrastructure & Safety Services is located in the Administration Building and oversees operations and maintenance for everything from roads, buildings, Elder's and rental units and everything that it entails to ensure the Nation is safe.

Housing

Housing is the foundation for strong and healthy communities. The Housing Department, utilizing orderly, ethical and transparent management practices, diligently works toward providing a functional housing delivery system to ensure units are maintained in an acceptable manner to extend their life expectancy while providing safe, affordable, adequate housing for Nation members.

The FNFN Housing Department:

Manages new, rental, elder, and individually owned member housing

Assists with preparation of various forms of assistance that are available to support the development of on-reserve housing

Acquires funding and financing for projects

Budgets for project sustainability

Oversees day-to-day administration of housing portfolios (applications, allotment, rent/mortgage collection, service requests, maintenance inspections, etc)

Fulfills monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting requirements

Acquires and maintains the FNFN insurance portfolio on all Nation owned assets

Develops, implements, and enforces policy

Procures outside service suppliers to provide for the housing needs of the community

Housing management is often about managing expectations. If either party has unrealistic expectations of the other there will be unnecessary tension. Therefore, lines of communication between the occupants and the FNFN Housing Department must be kept open.

Capital Works Staff

Keith Couture
Director, Public & Capital Works

Cougan Purington
Public Works Coordinator

Heather Gairdner
Capital Works Coordinator, Safety Services Planner

Wesley Badine
Nightly Security/Utility Worker

Vacant
Roads & Equipment Operator

Jonah Kotchea
Water & Utilities Worker

Vacant
Building Maintenance Worker

Housing Staff

Vera Nicholson
Housing Coordinator

Shelly Thomas
Housing Assistant

FNFN

As a Nation, we are moving toward a future in which our children are fluent in our languages, they know the ways of our ancestors, and live in safety and security. With improvements in infrastructure, including safe and healthy homes, we will move toward that goal." ~ RFOV, p. 150

Contact Capital Works

2026 Kennay Yah Road
RR1 Mile 295 Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson, B.C.
V0C 1R0

T: 250.774.7257
F: 250.774.7260

Contact Housing

2026 Kennay Yah Road
RR 1 Mile 295, Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson, BC
VOC 1R0

T: 250.774.7257
F: 250.774.7260

Emergency After-Hours
250-774-7256

Alert

FNFN is kindly asking community members if you see or believe there is illegal dumping on-reserve, please take the vehicle description, plate number and please call the RCMP at 250.774.2777 or Conservation officer at 1.877.952.7277 (this is a toll free number) to report the unlawful activity.