We already have that process in place. Our tenant relations officers may not be social workers, but they certainly are trained and encouraged to work with our tenants to provide the financial information, to ensure that our tenants are aware of the risks that are involved by not paying their rent and, Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the Member that we don’t evict somebody for $32 a month non-payment. It’s usually a lot higher than that and we do allow for people to come in and start a repayment plan. That’s available to all our tenants. Many of our tenants that have somehow come in arrears and are struggling to make their payments, we have a recovery plan, we have a system where it will take some work to put it together and they pay their rent and then they pay a little bit towards their arrears. So I think it’s very generous and it’s available for all our tenants. Thank you.
Michael McLeod on Question 375-16(3): Public Housing Evictions
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.
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