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Transformative, systems change within Indigenous housing requires bottom-up solutions which represent the needs, ideas, and values of those being housed. Working closely with our community partners, Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) and the Tŝilhqot’in Nation, the Indigenous Home-Lands (IHL) Initiative at Ecotrust Canada has been applying social innovation as a key tool in advancing self-determined housing solutions. From the fall of 2020 through to the summer of 2021, the Home-Lands team and Huu-ay-aht First Nations partnered to carry out three Indigenous housing solutions labs workshops with HFN staff and citizens. With funding from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the National Housing Strategy, and facilitation support from Jacqueline Jennings of RADIUS-SFU, these structured sessions allowed for unique challenges to be ...