Thank you. I appreciate that answer from the Minister. In regards to Sambaa K'e, we have known there are a number of units that are vacated, boarded up, or not being utilized, and the community has been looking at trying to access those facilities. What is the corporation's plan for those facilities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe Sambaa K'e isn't on the list here for a replacement. One thing that I do want to let the Member know is that, in some cases, you are not going to see some communities on the acquisition list. That's because there are unit condition ratings if the units are over 70 percent or the community had significant past investments in the last couple of years. There might be some vacancies in the units as well. We do it on a needs assessment. Every community, we do take a look at in terms of what is needed. I know, in terms of Sambaa K'e, we have put some investments in the past. All the current units that they have are over 70 percent.

If the leadership are looking at those boarded-up units, one thing I have done since I have been Minister in working with some of the leadership is get them in touch with the district office to have them start up those conversations. I would encourage the leadership to contact our district office. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you. I appreciate the Minister's answer for that. I will be getting a hold of leadership in Sambaa K'e to reach out to the district manager in Nahendeh there. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Next, I have Mr. McNeely.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, I would like to thank the department for a trip that we had made to do some strategy housing discussions here by the Deline Got'ine Government on October the 5^th. It was very informative and appreciated by the leadership and me.

Just adding to my colleague from Nahendeh's statement here about these boarded-up units, there are actually two different types in most of the communities that I represent. I see boarded-up units that could be referred to as the "ex-homeownership units" under the HELP program. The tenants or the occupants by default are under mortgage, so those units are sitting there. Some of them, I do believe, are still very structurally sound buildings. I just saw one on our last trip to Deline there where I think if a replacement of under the program to replace the fuel tank. I noticed the meter was gone off at the building. That has to be recertified. It's probably going to cost in the neighbourhood of $6,000 to $8,000 to get power hooked up in those units.

If the department in their capital initiatives for this year's capital plan could do an inventory of those types of units and see what it will take to bring them back into the marketplace here for future tenants, in some cases there, the boarded-up units have been taken off at the windows and the doors and snow has collected inside. That tells me that the floor insulation is probably damaged. I'm just encouraging the department if they can do an inventory assessment of all these units and all the communities, not the public housing units, but the ex-HELP units or the ex-homeownership units, then we can decide how many units we have out there, in which communities, and part of the inventory could include what it will take to renovate them to put them back into the marketplace here. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the Member's comments, and I appreciate working with the leadership as well and going in and having those initiative discussions. We also do have the fuel tank replacement program. He mentioned something on the fuel tanks there.

In terms of inventory and investments, we do have a community support initiative program that I believe are already working with the leadership on how that is going to kind of unfold, as well as the community housing plans that I had mentioned numerous times in the House here, that, if they look at creating a housing plan for the community, that might be something that they will identify. I know our staff is already working with them on that community housing initiative support program. Hopefully, we will see some good things out of that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. McNeely.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will also suggest, as part of the inventory, we can include an assessment of the outstanding mortgage of that particular unit, as well as the appraised value of the unit, so we can determine what it's going to cost from that point. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In some cases, when we look at some of the units and if they are beyond repair, what we would do is dispose of the unit and just do a new build if it's beyond repair. I just let the Member know that instead of putting all that work through and take the rest of his comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Next, I have Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, could the Minister tell us how many new units will be built in the next fiscal year, anywhere in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If you look on the acquisition list there, the second one from the bottom, you will see a seniors' mixed rent complex. We are looking up to 25 new units for that one in particular. That will be both a mixed market and a public house complex. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the clarification that that's 25 units. I note that there are, if I understand this correctly, four units of market housing in Ulukhaktok and two in Hay River, so the total then is 31 units next year. Is that correct?

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, that is correct.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister tell us what kind of a dent that is going to make in our core housing need in the area of availability? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.