Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under the policies of the NWT Housing Corporation with respect to public housing, I have had a number of incidents in my constituency where people have decided to try living some place else. They have perhaps been in public housing and they are good candidates for public housing and things have been going along smoothly and they decide to try moving to another province or another community and, when things do not work out or if they have not worked out, they come back and they, even though they have been long-term northern residents, are not given any access to public housing until they have been residents of the community again for six months and that, along with the issue of emergency housing, where you have a family in need in a community and there is nothing else available but maybe empty housing units. How could the policies of the Housing Corporation be amended to be more practical in their application in instances where there is obviously an emergency need and there is housing available but it does not comply with those policies? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
In the Legislative Assembly on April 26th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 25th, 1999
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