Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing Corporation runs a number of programs that are designed to address the needs of families who are in overcrowded situations as well as low income. The main program we have know is the expanded or extended down payment assistance plan that helps people in coming up with the down payment to purchase their own homes. We also have the Independent Housing Program that is an alternative program for low income families, but as Members are well aware here, we still run into a lot of problems where we cannot meet the needs of a lot of families in the Northwest Territories. We are doing the utmost in trying to meet those needs and address the concerns and future pressures we face from within the Housing Corporation. It has been very difficult to meet those needs in light of the reductions we receive through the federal government when they reduce spending on social housing programs so we have been trying to meet those needs through other programs and the biggest one we have now is the Extended Down Payment Assistance Program. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 2-13(8): Social Housing Shortage
In the Legislative Assembly on September 7th, 1999. See this statement in context.
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