Mahsi. Do you have another followup?
Debates of Feb. 15th, 2023
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Frieda Martselos Thebacha
Mr. Chair, I asked just the number of completed applicants, and I got a big long spiel. And I really would appreciate that the Minister be very direct in the answers. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. My apologies to the Member. I just wanted to describe what it's like to try to process these applications. I will follow up with her with a number. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a couple questions actually. The first one is just elaborate there on what Mrs. Martselos said, talked about, which is the means test. The means test, can you tell me, I guess, how it is used? Like, is it just based on what -- on income, or does it take into account, you know, the cost of living as well? Like, you know, you might have somebody who has an older home, they're above the threshold, but their cost of living brings them down below that threshold. Like, how is it used? Thank you.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's based just on income right now. But then what the Member is describing is exactly what I want the changes to reflect, to making sure that we don't set the clients up for failure, we don't put them into a deficit that they're not able operate and maintain their home, that we create the programming and create the changes that is best suited for the client. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. One issue I want to bring up, and it's probably under the major repairs, is in Hay River we have an issue, and it may be in other communities as well, where they use wood basements. We have a number in Hay River, I know, that are compromised because of frost. And the repair costs for those are probably a $100,000 plus. And I'm just wondering if there's any programs or if there's any I guess appetite to look for additional money to help those seniors that are facing that, because I know in Hay River there's a few seniors that have issues and continue to have issues with their wooden basements and which is really compromising their house, and it's a safety issue. Thank you.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll bring that back to the department. I know there's several unique situations throughout the territory. I want to use Nunakput as an example as well too where we have severe mould issues with the kind of builds that we construct in that area as well. I'd like to bring that back to the department. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I had sent a request to the department I guess on that issue, and I don't recall getting a response but I'm glad I received one here today. And I hope that you can do something with it. And it may be looking at a separate program that's probably a double major repair program, because it's going to be costly.
The other thing I want to just talk about is seniors aging in place. And with respect to their retrofits and repairs, do you have the numbers, I guess, in front of you that would -- how many applicants, how many were approved and how many were denied? Thank you.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. If the Member could -- is this for seniors programming? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll have vice-president Jim Martin respond with the numbers. Thank you.
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Martin
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the approved applicants under the seniors aging in place retrofits and repairs program, for 2021-2022 there was 128 applicants approved. And up to January of this year, we're already up to 203. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Rocky Simpson Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And out of the I guess total number of applications received, how many were denied and I guess the reasons for denial? I guess lack of money would be one but what else would there be? Thank you.
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