Agreed.
---Agreed
Debates of Nov. 15th, 1994
This is page numbers 25 - 51 of the Hansard for the 12th Assembly, 7th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was communities.
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
Mr. Chairman, I may be a little late, but I would like to ask the Minister more of a general question and that is, does this paper depart from the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Social Housing in any way?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Like I previously told Members in my opening remarks, it does depart in two places from the recommendations of the advisory committee. Firstly, students. The advisory committee recommended that students be exempt from rents. We couldn't do that because it had to tie in with the same benefits that all Arctic College students get, so they would be charged equivalent rents to what Arctic College students pay now. Both Arctic College and the Housing Corporation are basically doing the same thing and, still, they get very low, low rents.
As long as they are working towards home ownership with us, or show us they are doing that, then their rents would increase the same as everybody else. But, we want to see them working towards home ownership. There are approximately 250 very high income people throughout the Northwest Territories. That is a change from what the committee recommended, and came through the regional consultation process. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I should apologize to the committee for not having heard the Minister's opening remarks. Mr. Chairman, I would like to further ask the Minister, I believe this has been approved by Cabinet and, therefore, I would like to ask whether there was an assessment done of the costs of the revisions compared to the new revenues that will be generated. Can we have an idea from the Minister about what this going to cost and what it will yield? Thank you.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The total cost of implementing this over four years is approximately $9 million, to us as a government. $2.2 million of that will be ongoing because of the exemptions. The phase-in period is what costs us dollars. Thank you.
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
Mr. Chairman, the new rent scale will produce more rent revenue. Can the Minister also describe how the corporation's rental revenues will be affected? He's outlined the costs, but is there a projection of how the rental revenues will affect the corporation's revenues? Thank you.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Mr. Chairman, approximately 475 rents will go up, up to $100; 406 between $101 and $250; 493 between $251 and $500; 466 between $501 and $1,000; and, 197 over $1,000. Thank you.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed