The Member is raising the grace period that the NWT Housing Corporation had as a program historically. It’s something that’s been transferred over to ECE and we’d be glad to have that discussion with ECE and we’d also be very happy to keep the Member informed. The Member has raised the issue of having tenants that are, could potentially or historically would have gained benefit from this program being considered for tenants or as clients for homeownership. The answer is yes, they would probably make perfect candidates for homeownership and we certainly are encouraging our tenants that are changing their careers in their life and move on to higher paying jobs to apply to the Housing Corporation to purchase some of their public housing units that they may be staying in and are having difficulty meeting the full economic rent. Our staff are out there encouraging people. There is a public campaign to increase the awareness of our housing programs and this is part of it. We certainly support the suggestion made by the Member.
Michael McLeod on Question 355-16(3): Income Support, Economic Rent And Employment
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 355-16(3): Income Support, Economic Rent And Employment
Oral Questions
May 28th, 2009
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