Mr. Speaker, I have a further return to a question asked on February 22, 1995, also by Mrs. Marie-Jewell regarding the status of staff housing available for purchase.

Mr. Speaker, the initiative to eliminate staff housing entirely applies to level I communities and Inuvik only. In Yellowknife, two houses remain to be sold to the tenants who have offered to purchase them. The sales have been delayed while a problem with retaining walls on the properties has been remedied. Until the repair is complete, the title cannot be transferred.

The Government of the Northwest Territories has three single-family units which are not currently offered for sale. One has been retained for the Commissioner as part of an agreement with the federal government. Two have been retained for Ministers who have moved to Yellowknife to undertake their Cabinet duties, and they can remain in staff housing for the life of this government; after which, the houses will be sold on the open market.

The sale of one vacant duplex is waiting for a legal survey. It will be sold on the open market.

Dorset apartments have been on the market since October 1994. Sales of Burwash and Matonabee apartments are in progress as purchasers are arranging financing. The buildings will be sold with the remaining tenants in place, as required by the Residential Tenancies Act.

Two multi-family properties remain which may not yet have been listed for sale. Lanky Court row housing will be sold in conjunction with an adjoining federal property, when an arrangement is concluded for the joint sale. Rockhill apartments will become the property of the GNWT on April 1, 1995, under a lease-purchase agreement. It is currently occupied by Arctic College students. A decision as to whether it will be sold will be made when the college completes its housing plan.

In Fort Smith, one single-family house remains to be sold to the tenant who is in the process of arranging financing.

There is one duplex which remains unsold. The tenant has been trying to purchase it and has a short time left to arrange financing. The duplex will be listed with a local realtor if the tenant is unsuccessful.

Three trailers and a house have been listed for public sale since September. There is a tenant in the house. The trailers are vacant. The tenant remains in the house, in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act.

All other staff housing has been exchanged with units leased for the Arctic College for student housing. This has allowed the GNWT to meet college requirements at a lower cost. Leased units have been offered for sale by the owner at the government's request, which has allowed the GNWT to terminate leases.

In Hay River, all staff housing has been sold except for two duplexes. These sales are delayed while the legal plan is registered. One is vacant and the other will be sold to the tenants who expressed interest in purchasing some time ago. The other will be sold through the local realtor.

In Inuvik, all single-family housing has been sold. Row housing has either been sold or has offers pending after a recent public tender. Tenants remain in the row housing units after the sale, in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act. Other row housing has been turned over to Arctic College for student housing, or to the Housing Corporation.

The GNWT has leases on two apartment buildings which will be allowed to expire at their termination dates; Mountain View in May 1995 and Boot Lake in December 1997. Tenants remain in these units.