The completion of Buffalo Lodge, a multi-family housing complex consisting of townhouses and apartments on a five-acre property, was celebrated today with a grand opening ceremony. The affordable housing units are located at 2971 Stafford Dr., north of the city. The City of Lethbridge states Thanks in part to $1.8 million of funding support from the City of Lethbridge, an Aboriginal Housing Society project adds 132 new housing units to the city’s inventory. Half of the units will be held at affordable rates for at least 20 years. Melissa Many Fingers, Vice Chair of the Aboriginal Housing Society, states that this project helps meet the housing needs of the Indigenous community.
In April 2022, City Administration provided $300,000 for this project’s development and planning. In December 2022, Lethbridge City Council voted in favour of conditionally supporting the allocation of an additional $1.5 million of Affordable and Social Housing Capital Grant funding from the 2022-2031 D-32 Affordable Housing CIP project to the Aboriginal Housing Society.