Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's been no increase in public housing rents since 1983. The only time a person will get a increase in his rent, is if he gets an increase in wages to justify paying more rent. The rent is based on 25 per cent of his gross income. We're reviewing the rent scale at the present time. I'm working on doing that with the Advisory Committee on Housing and the community consultation process as well. We have to review them. In some cases, the rents will go up and, in other cases, the rents will go down. I can't really speculate on which communities will have the rent go up and which ones will have it go down. There will be full community consultation. As well, if the rents do go up in any communities, it will be phased in. It's not going to happen overnight. Thank you.
Don Morin on Question 249-12(44): Eviction Of Tenants For Rental Arrears In Baffin Public Housing
In the Legislative Assembly on December 8th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 249-12(4): Eviction Of Tenants For Rental Arrears In Baffin Public Housing
Question 249-12(44): Eviction Of Tenants For Rental Arrears In Baffin Public Housing
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 7th, 1993
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
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