Staying with the needs survey, I’m wondering if the Minister is looking at the need incidences, and by that I’m referring to affordability, adequacy and suitability. I’m assuming that we address suitability by adding bedrooms. By adding bedrooms I mean adding units. I’m assuming we address adequacy by fixing houses. I’m assuming we fix affordability by providing affordable housing. So I’m wondering if the needs survey document or this corporation is using its own needs survey document to ensure that they’re addressing suitability issues with the appropriate resources and adequacy issues with the appropriate resources. So I’m saying that in small communities, including Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e, that our issue is adequacy. I feel like we have inventory, but the inventory is not in good shape and I’m not talking about the Housing Corporation’s own inventory. Public housing is in fine shape as far as I’m concerned. They’ve got money to fix it and they maintain and they have good staff to maintain the units in both of the communities I represent. My issue is that the units that are privately owned have serious adequacy issues. I’m wondering if the needs survey is also tweaked in that way to follow what the actual incident of need is. Adequacy, suitability or affordability.
Tom Beaulieu on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
February 16th, 2011
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