Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this afternoon are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation and it's a follow through. First question, it's a follow through to an area that I know the Minister has himself favoured in another life of this Assembly, Mr. Speaker, and it's about affordability and availability of housing, especially on a rental side. Mr. Speaker, while the private sector and their investment is the ideal way to address this issue, we are seeing here in Yellowknife continuing upward pressure on rents and availability; and in a report that I heard on the news last week, Inuvik is even in more dire straits here. My point here, Mr. Speaker, is that while housing is a multi-level responsibility of federal, territorial, provincial and municipal governments, what are we doing as the NWT government and the NWT Housing Corporation to alleviate this problem and to provide incentives to the private sector to do what they do best, which is to build and develop? Thank you.
Bill Braden on Question 221-15(3): Private Sector Investment In Housing Development
In the Legislative Assembly on October 14th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Question 221-15(3): Private Sector Investment In Housing Development
Item 7: Oral Questions
October 13th, 2004
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