The reason that we took in the modular homes is because there was a 30 per cent savings by doing this, and that was looked at by doing the averaging of the proposals that came to us. We have 800 people on our wait list for public housing that are actually homeless and sleeping on people's couches. If we can save 30 per cent that's huge, to be able to transfer that over. The statement that it takes away jobs; there are still jobs. It's northern firms that bring the mobile units up. It's northern people that are used to put the units in. It's northern labour that's used to maintain these units.
Caroline Cochrane on Question 117-18(2): Impact Of Modular Housing Units On Community Economies
In the Legislative Assembly on March 3rd, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 117-18(2): Impact Of Modular Housing Units On Community Economies
Oral Questions
March 2nd, 2016
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