The quick answer is no, we’re not looking at that particular type of program. It was a very successful program when it ran. We were able to get many people into homeownership units and some of them are still in there. Many of these units, through some of our other repair programs we’ve actually paid for all of the renovations to these units. I think at the time it was the right program at the right time and it did, I think, transition a lot of people out of public housing into their own homes. Off hand, I can’t think of how many we did across the Northwest Territories, these HAP units. There were a number of them that were done, but some of them are still there. Some of them were turned back over to the NWT Housing Corporation because people realized, once they were in there, that they had to pay all their own utilities and it got to be quite costly. I think that’s a minority though. I think the majority of them managed to keep up their units pretty good. Now, through our CARE program, we’re renovating a lot of those units that they basically got for free during the HAP days. It’s not something that we’re looking at any time soon.
Robert C. McLeod on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 2015. 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 9th, 2015
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