Mr. Chairman, right now with our housing program choices, we don’t have any intention of bringing the HAP program back per se. We are bringing a close cousin to this program. We haven’t titled it or given it any name yet. It is probably a basic housing package or traditional housing package that would allow people to work with us and build their own home, something that would fall within the criteria of forgivable mortgage. It has been raised by a number of the Members, Mr. Yakeleya and Mr. Krutko, and also members of the Small Communities committee, so we are trying to put a design together for presentation for consideration for committee to look at and see and give us their input of what they think. It will be a very basic, very simple design and something that people with low incomes, with small families could live in at a relatively cheap cost.
Michael McLeod on Motion 6-16(3): Increases To Income Thresholds Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Motion 6-16(3): Increases To Income Thresholds Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 18th, 2009
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