Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we do have already within the toolbox, as the Member has mentioned, with the arrangements that have been worked out through the Housing Corporation, incentives that do help people get into their own homes and build homes in the Northwest Territories. The big one around that is EDAP, or Expanded Downpayment Assistance Program. That's one avenue. From a government end, from the incentive to either...I heard a Member earlier in their Member's statement talking about a tax relief of some sort or another. That's something we haven't looked at directly. Our goals are first to try to find more money from those that are directly involved and we consider the federal government as being a key part of that picture. From what we have available to us, one of the things that the Housing Corporation, for example, is doing is selling off some of the older units and single-dwelling units and looking at multi-unit facilities. Instead of one detached home, looking at a four-plex of that type, because we know that the operations and maintenance are lower for a multi-plex than for a single residence. So those are some of the areas they've been working on. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 471-15(3): Funding For Long-term Housing Needs
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 471-15(3): Funding For Long-term Housing Needs
Question 471-15(3): Funding For Long-term Housing Needs
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