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Our History.

Housing has been a concern for Labrador West for many years due to our boom and bust economy.  The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) formed a Community Advisory Panel in 2006 consisting of community stakeholders with the purpose of engagement and consultation of relevant community issues. Recognizing the growing concerns around housing, a Housing Working Group was formed.

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HOUSING ISSUES EMERGE

Housing affordability and availability emerged as Labrador West’s key challenge to sustainable economic development and quality of life at the CAP table. As a result, people across the income spectrum were finding it increasingly difficult to secure safe, affordable, accessible housing.

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LWHHC IS ESTABLISHED

It became apparent that a standalone group would better enable us to work on the housing concerns of Labrador West. In September 2010, the Labrador West Housing and Homelessness Coalition (LWHHC) was established.

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PARTNERSHIP WITH STAKEHOLDERS

In partnership with community stakeholders and funding through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, LWHHC released A Home for Me: Labrador West Community Plan on Housing and Homelessness in March 2011.  The recommendations put forward shaped much of the work that has been done by LWHHC.

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LWHHC BECOMES INCORPORATED

0n January 16, 2012 Labrador West Housing and Homelessness Coalition was granted Incorporation with Registry of Companies and Deeds with the NL government with a vision that every individual in Labrador West have a place to call home.