Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation and it's in regard to my Member's statement regarding the plight of single parents, especially single mothers with children who find themselves through separation or divorce that they become the provider for the family and also have to keep the home. One thing that I've found over the last couple of years is that there have been more and more single mothers approaching me on trying to access programs from the Government of the Northwest Territories through the Housing Corporation programs that are out there. In some cases they have been able to access those programs, but later have found that because they couldn't access a contractor to do the project and told that they were going to hold off until the following year, then after the year lapsed they would go back and find out that the dollars are not there. They reapplied and they found that they were not accepted. So I would like to ask the Minister, has anything within the Housing Corporation looked at some sort of a program to assist single mothers to help them through the process, ensuring that these programs that they are eligible for and that they do qualify for are able to conclude them by ensuring that that work is done and that they do the job that's needed?
David Krutko on Question 403-14(6): Housing Programs For Single Parents
In the Legislative Assembly on October 8th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Question 403-14(6): Housing Programs For Single Parents
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 7th, 2003
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