Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Anderson.
Debates of Feb. 7th, 2006
This is page numbers 793 - 842 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 4th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was housing.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't have those numbers at my fingertips, but we could certainly get it.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could I get some explanation on how you qualify? Obviously you have to have some type of fire. Do you have to go through an application process?
---Laughter
Is it just given to anybody who has a fire?
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All of the programs that we deliver are income based. So families that don't have the financial resources to solve their own problems get assistance from us and it's on a sliding scale based on their income. Thank you.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In this regard, would the Minister's office be willing to provide the sliding scale and if they say yes, that will be my question; if they say yes.
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Anderson
Yes.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Minister and Mr. Anderson, for that. I have Mrs. Groenewegen next. Mrs. Groenewegen.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 8-30, Market Housing Program, as we have learned is distinctively different from the market housing initiative. I still don't understand. These are GNWT staff houses rolled over to the Housing Corporation, occupied by GNWT employees, managed by the LHOs for a cost of almost $1 million a year. How many units are we talking about? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have 59 units, 31 are owned by public staff through our staff housing program. Also, we have 38 which are leased.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What role does the LHO play in the case of the units that are owned by the people who occupy them? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Most of the units that are owned are through the buy back. We have units that people who are in the public service either purchase them or there is a buy back option under the Collective Agreement. They are managed through the LHOs.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Pardon me for being slow. There are 59 units in total. Tell me again how many are owned, how many are leased, and if all are occupied by GNWT employees. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there are 31 units owned by the public service, by our employees and 28 units are leased by our employees.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is, again, what role does the LHO play in terms of property management to the 31 units that are owned by GNWT employees? What service do they provide? Thank you.