CBT partners with Fist Nations to build housing SHARE ON: Yaqan NuɁkiy (Lower Kootenay Band) is leading housing solutions in their community partners including the Trust. (Supplied by Columbia Basin Trust) Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) has partnered with Indigenous communities across the basin to build and improve housing stock. CBT said the projects look to add additional affordable housing options and professional development opportunities. The First Nations Housing Sustainability Initiative was launched by CBT in 2017. In the five years it has been in place, Indigenous communities have built or are developing almost 80 affordable housing units. Another 200 homes have been assessed, renovated or have plans to renovate.