After months of delays, the head of an Ontario construction company says he will no longer be donating a house to Sandy Bay First Nation.

Former Total Construction Management director Darryl Williams said he's having a difficult time negotiating a deal with the chief and council to get the home delivered to the community.

"I've had enough," Williams said. "Nothing has happened, the concrete's not put in, we're now into June," he said.

Williams reached out to Sandy Bay chief Lance Roulette after hearing about a family of 10 living in deplorable conditions back in November. Video of Melinda McIvor's home at the time was posted on social media and sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The video showed the family living with mould, leaking sewage, rodents and no heat in their trailer.

Williams said a verbal agreement was made with Chief Lance Roulette in November that his company, TCM — which is now renamed Med-Rx Ltd. — would donate the house and that the band would pay for the foundation.

But Williams said since then, the chief has failed to return many of his calls and emails.

"The thing I regret the most is that the McIvors are still living in that rat-infested home," Williams said.

Sandy Bay chief Lance Roulette said construction is almost complete on this new duplex. He said one of the units is slated to go to Melinda McIvor now that an Ontario construction company is no longer donating a new home to community. (Chief Lance Roulette) Williams said he decided to donate the home to another family in Kawacatoose First Nation in Saskatchewan this past weekend.

"We have families suffering elsewhere," he said, adding he's still willing to help the McIvor family.

"We can make a new house in three weeks, that's no big deal. We just need these people to get their you-know-what together so we can get this ball rolling."

McIvor family still waiting

The delays have been especially hard for Melinda McIvor, who said she's still dealing with sewage problems and is worried about her young grandchildren, who live with her.

"Everybody is getting sick, everybody is sick of it," she said.

After months of delays, the head of an Ontario construction company says he will no longer be donating a house to Sandy Bay First Nation. Former Total Construction Management director Darryl Williams said he's having a difficult time negotiating a deal with the chief and council to get the home delivered to the community. 2:08 McIvor said she was shocked to learn Wednesday that the home once promised to her family will be given to another family.

"I feel bad right now. I was waiting and waiting, and I don't know what's going on. The chief and council, they're never around," McIvor said.

Williams said his company donates about 80 houses to families in need in countries like Haiti and Nicaragua every year.

"It's like we picked the worst place on Earth to make a donation. There are people that want to kiss our feet in Haiti for giving these houses," Williams said.

He said his company will no longer donate homes to First Nations in the future without written consent from the chief and council.

"We will only donate if we get a copy of a band council resolution showing the chief and council fully endorsing it," he said.

Chief not surprised

Chief Lance Roulette said he wasn't informed that Williams made the decision to have the home donated to another family until he was contacted by CBC, but said he's not surprised.

"From the onset, there was no prior discussions with us, there wasn't any clarity at the beginning," Roulette said.

"It should have been about a donation and providing a home to a family, but instead it turned into something political," he said.

Roulette said he questions the motives of the Ontario construction company.

"I think it's duly noted that a lesson has been learned, to be careful of strangers bearing gifts," he said.

Roulette said there were concerns raised about whether Williams was seeking business opportunities with the band in exchange for the donation.

'I think it's duly noted that a lesson has been learned, to be careful of strangers bearing gifts,' said Sandy Bay First Nation Chief Lance Roulette. (CBC)

"He was under the impression that if he donated a house that we would change our entire housing plans for this year to fit the needs with him at the time," he said.

Roulette admits there were delays getting the foundation built because he's been dealing with medical issues in recent months.

But he said plans for the concrete foundation to be built on McIvor's property were moving ahead.

"Everything that we had done as a First Nation to try and accommodate this process was done. We paid for the pour, Rona and the cement people were out there today, they were doing measurements," he said.

The chief said a contingency plan is now in place to have the McIvor family move into a duplex that's currently under construction in the community.

Melinda McIvor said she hasn't heard from Chief Roulette or Williams on the status of the housing plans for her family.

"I don't know what I'm going to do," McIvor said.

"I was just really happy that he donated that house for me, you know? I don't know what to do now."