Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Minister responsible for Housing NWT.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Does the Minister think it is acceptable for public housing tenants to live in conditions where swarms of cockroaches crawl over the walls, floors, ceiling, contaminate foods and water, and especially when you go to bed at night they crawl onto you. Is this acceptable? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My personal opinion is not appropriate when addressing these issues. But I do work with the people and the residents of the Northwest Territories. And as a Minister, I've travelled quite significantly throughout the territory. I've been to most of the communities about twice within my term. In result of that, we are looking at the renewal that has already been established and the policy changes as well too to further address these issues as well.

And also I just wanted to comment that Housing does conduct a condition rating annually on our public housing units. If the Member is referencing a unit here in Yellowknife, I'd have to further look into that. I'd have to follow up with the landlord. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What action have the NWT Housing Corporation done to remedy the living condition of these tenants throughout the Northwest Territories and here in Yellowknife?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing organization is working with the landlord to have a professional pest control consultant to address the situation. They've also provided tenant education on things that they can do to help prevent their reinfestation. But also there's a lot more communication happening between the tenants and the local housing authorities that I would like to have the tenants notify the local housing authorities or Housing when these issues surface, I guess. And so we don't have to wait until we're looking at a major infestation, I would like to address this issue immediately and not have that carried over until we are looking at an emergency response. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary, Member for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think this is an emergency. The unit that these guys are living in is known to have cockroaches and bugs and worms for a long time.

So will the Minister commit to moving the affected families immediately to a clean and safe housing unit and apologize to the tenants for having to tolerate intolerable living conditions for the last two years? This is not just a one-time thing. It happened over and over. They call housing authority. Nothing happens. So I'd like to -- thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Housing NWT deals with a number of issues throughout the Northwest Territories that we need to be working with our tenant more closely on. The LHO has been in contact with the tenant. They have not abandoned this issue. They haven't been -- they have been in constant communication. And as of today, we do not have a unit that is available. We have a very low vacancy rate here in Yellowknife. And like I had said before, that we will be following up with the landlord. We do depend on those lease agreements here in Yellowknife in order for us to address the housing crisis here in Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Hay River South.