Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's a big question, especially for Housing NWT, because we're focused on public housing, providing social housing in communities, but also market housing. We have the, like we've talked about before, the HELP units, and we also have RCMP housing.

So one of the things I've noticed, and especially when I went to Behchoko recently, was going into a transitional housing, there was an individual in there for a number of years and the reason why he was in there for a number of years was there's no housing available in the community for him to move on. And he's ready to move on but considering the 135 people on the waitlist, there is no housing to move on to. So these are difficult discussions that housing has on a continuous basis, especially with the other departments and partnerships. But we do what we do, and we do what we can with what we have. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Maybe to give a bit more of a specific question, I do want to note that, you know, I've heard from constituents, and I certainly experienced when I was on the -- when I was on the board of the Yellowknife Housing Authority, that we're still working on perfecting the housing first model in terms of ensuring that there's adequate wraparound service, that it's a model that is getting people into housing. And, you know, one of the issues I heard about recently was a constituent who is -- got themselves into housing first and they're now homeless again because they were kicked out and it's -- the hope with housing first, of course, is that it moves people up, you know, and gets them out of housing first and into, you know -- as I asked in the first question about the housing continuum, we want to be moving people kind of along.

I'm just curious if the department can discuss any improvements or changes or enhancements to the housing first program to kind of address some of the hiccups that have been happening and to better support residents to ensure that, you know, there are systems and supports in place to ensure that the housing first model isn't just simply, you know, sticking people in a home and we're done but that there's supports in place to help people succeed with housing first and use that as a stepping stone. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and this is something we can discuss further. But, you know, in my FPT meeting this morning, another province was talking about the different models they have with their public housing units and that's interesting because there's about five or six different models just within that one department. So I'm interested to know what other provinces and territories are doing. But in terms of what we're doing with housing first here in the territory, Dr. Kelly will provide more information to that, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the president.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Okay, thank you. And I'd just like to build upon what the president just shared there. So if the goal is increasing stock and, you know, making sure that we've got enough resources to move people through the spectrum, can the president or Minister discuss what is being done particularly within the term of this Assembly to do that, to achieve that goal. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll pass that to Dr. Erin Kelly to provide for information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the president.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think that is -- that's it for me on this page. Thank you.

Thank you. Next on my list I have is the Member from the Sahtu.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on the emergency shelters. Can the Minister confirm if this activity is in support, or is there a contribution agreement between this program and the Fort Good Hope shelter? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Jim Martin will provide more information to the question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the vice-president.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from the Sahtu.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister help me out here -- and maybe it's not this department that is providing the assistance there for the Fort Good Hope shelter, but is there another program that is in partnership in funding contributions to that shelter in Fort Good Hope or another department? Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.