Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I'm just going to ask some of the same questions that I was asking the Minister of Education yesterday, but my questions are going to be directed to the Minister of Housing. The rent scale policy that we have in place, the old rent scale policy, I just want to ask the Minister, can he put something on the record to indicate that the Housing Corporation is going to possibly review the rent scale policy that touches a lot of people here in the NWT; a policy which creates a disincentive to seek employment for public housing clients, creates dissention towards the LHOs, the staff, government employees, and it develops a lack of respect for public housing stock by people who are in public housing? In other words, they just don't care about wrecking the place because they don't pay rent on it anyway. A lot of them don't pay their fair share, anyway. So I'm just wondering if the Minister can let people know that, yes, his department is going to review the rent scale policy, one that is perhaps based on net income or based on annual income, taxable income, but not one that's based on bingo winnings and card game winnings and based on hearsay, what people think the neighbours make? Can he do that for our public housing clients? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Robert Villeneuve on Question 154-15(5): Rent Scale Policy For Public Housing
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 154-15(5): Rent Scale Policy For Public Housing
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 19th, 2006
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