Again the question I have is we’ve had a report not that long ago where there were 137 units sitting vacant. I think that we have to realize there is a cost to operate and maintain those units. We have to realize that that is an ongoing cost that we’ll have to pay, whether people are in those units or not. We have to find a way to invest the resources we have while realizing we may have to shut down certain units and say, sorry, we cannot operate uneconomic units because it’s just not viable. I know people don’t like to see boarded-up units, but at the end of the day you have to make a decision on how to find ways to get these units occupied, operational, and either disposing of them through the homeownership programs or finding ways, like you say, to turn them into social or public housing. We need to require them to take the cost savings from the operation of those newer units that we just built throughout the Northwest Territories. We have 2,400 units to operate. That may mean re-profiling those units and disposing or liquidating the older units. That is something that we have to be aware of. It is an issue. I know you’re trying different things regarding professional housing and getting more people into homeownership, but we have to find a way to work around that.
David Krutko on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 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 20th, 2011
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