The Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) has over 25 years of expertise in advancing housing rights for Indigenous Peoples.
We are the first For Indigenous, By Indigenous housing authority established in Canada. AHMA members manage over 95% of all Indigenous housing units located off-reserve in BC serving over 10,000 Indigenous individuals and families living in urban, rural, and northern parts of the province. AHMA advocates broadly for Indigenous housing, provides operational guidance, conducts research, supports asset management, and much more.
AHMA members provide a spectrum of trauma-informed, culturally safe housing, including affordable housing units, homeless shelters, transition homes, supportive housing, and assisted living facilities. Many of AHMA’s members also offer support services, including homelessness prevention, parenting support, mental health and addictions programs, and complex care. In terms of scale, AHMA members make up over one-third of Indigenous housing providers in Canada.
Together, we are taking back our inherent rights to self-determination and we invite you to participate.
For organizational purposes AHMA created six regions within BC where our member organizations provide housing…
AHMA produces and collaborates to create reports that provide robust, well-researched information…
AHMA hosts and participates in events that advance Indigenous housing and highlights member events…
The Kílila Program, named after the butterfly (symbolizing transformation in the Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh Nation language), was an initiative focused on retrofitting a cabin at the Cheakamus Centre in October 2024. The program was facilitated through BCIT and the Cheakamus Centre, with support from multiple funding partners. Read more >
