Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, could the Member repeat his question?
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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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't see any actuals for 2004-05, so I am wondering if the fire damage repairs program was in place in 2004-05 and what the actual dollar figure the government is spending on fire damage repairs in housing for 2004-05 and 2005-06? Thank you.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The reason there are no actuals showing here is we set this money aside for fire damage repairs in our units, but when we have a fire, the money gets allocated to the district and the district spends those resources through one of the IHP repair programs or one of those types of repair programs. So we've had just a couple of fires in the last year, so the number we've had has gone down significantly from what we were used to getting for fires. Thank you.
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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am just curious for the fact that, like I said, in Lutselk'e there is a senior there who had a fire in his house a couple of years ago and he's still battling tooth and nail to get the Housing Corp to go over there and repair the bedroom that's
damaged. Geez, maybe leaving it to the discretion of the LHO and whether they are going to repair it or apply for any fire damage money should be definitely reviewed and reconsidered by the Housing Corporation since they have the bucks and the LHO really doesn't. Sometimes the LHO just doesn't take the time to fill out an application to get any fire money for fire damage repairs. They figure it might just come out of their own O and M budget and stuff like that. I am not sure if that's the best way to manage the $500,000 that we just have sitting there. So that's just a point of interest, I guess. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, If Mr. Villeneuve can give me more information on the individual he's talking about, if the person is in public housing or if this is a private individual in his own home, again we do have programs that are there to assist in these types of emergencies. If the Member can give me more detail on this individual, we'll see what we can do. We do have programs to assist people who find themselves in these types of emergencies, especially with fire damage. Thank you.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 8-30, could the Minister provide some clarity under the homeownership fire damage repairs? I see that it's listed here for $500,000. It was in last year's main estimates and it doesn't appear in the 2004-05 actuals. Could the Minister explain what this does and maybe some detail on how it was historically spent? Thank you.
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Anderson
Alright. Mr. Chairman, it's a contingency we set aside for folks who have fires occurring in their units. When that happens, we allocate it to the particular district. The money rolls from here into the district and that's why you don't see anything under the actuals for last year because it's buried, or included, under the costs of actuals under the district operation. Thank you.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that Mr. Anderson provided clarity on that concept. I wouldn't want anybody to think we were burying money or hiding it. Is he aware of how it was spent to date? Obviously we don't have the actuals for last year. How often is this tapped into? Could he give me an example of where it's been used and how people qualify for this? Thank you.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Whenever some family has a serious fire, it's a priority for us to make sure that all health and safety issues are properly dealt with. We ensure that there is money set aside to assist those kinds of families. Thank you.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Would Mr. Anderson be referring to smoke damage or something along the lines of maybe the house burning down? Thank you.
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Anderson
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Every case is different. Of course, our top priority is when people have significant fire damage, then those are the families we put most of our effort towards. Thank you.
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
I guess is the Minster's office aware of how many people have tapped into this?