Question 424-19(2): Home Ownership  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Member's comments because housing is a significant need throughout the Northwest Territories, and it does come together with a lot of different situations that we deal with: addictions issues, we deal with low-income families, and also hom

Question 423-19(2): National Housing Co-Investment Fund  Absolutely. When I look at the opportunity that the co-investment fund has to offer, I would like to see more of an innovation happening going forward. We do have other infrastructure throughout the Northwest Territories. I would like the co-investment fund and the Housing Corpor

Question 423-19(2): National Housing Co-Investment Fund  I just wanted to also comment on the COVID-19 response. I, too, as a Minister, think that we have exhausted our explanation of "due to COVID," but at that time, it was due to COVID. Right now, the job advertisement is out there. Also, I wanted to just mention that I would like to

Question 423-19(2): National Housing Co-Investment Fund  I just want to say I am really excited about looking at this co-investment fund. Honestly, we need to have more interest at the table. When we toured the territory, it was of interest. Indigenous groups wanted to come forward, stakeholders, as well, and they found this program qu

Question 423-19(2): National Housing Co-Investment Fund  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During the past probably six months, the Housing Corporation has met with CMHC, and we have toured the territory together, looking at the programming that is available and trying to encourage Indigenous partnerships to come forward and looking at the great

Question 422-19(2): Public Housing  Home ownership is a priority within the Housing Corporation. We do have right now that all of the single-family housing units, they are up for sale. I had also the number of 248 high-income earners that we do have in our local public housing units, that they are encouraged to get

Question 422-19(2): Public Housing  Within the Housing Corporation, we do have employees right at the grassroots level. We do have district offices, and we do have headquarters, as well. We do have the technical advisors that go into the communities and also assess the projects and the applications that we do recei

Question 422-19(2): Public Housing  When we're constructing the units, we do look at the National Building Code of Canada. I don't think we have it updated for the Northwest Territories. I just want to make that sure. I'm making sure that the department are constructing these units, that they're energy efficient, a

Question 422-19(2): Public Housing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During COVID-19, the Housing Corporation did commit $5 million to bringing our units up to standard and having to meet the needs of the Northwest Territories. Looking at that commitment, we did put out a list of a substantial amount of units throughout the

Question 421-19(2): Allocation of Public Housing  I do see that throughout the Northwest Territories. I do recognize the cost of living, as well, and I see the threshold of $100,000, that is the maximum for what the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation has displayed. I also want to inform the Member, as well, we need to sho

Question 421-19(2): Allocation of Public Housing  This is a discussion we are having within our department, as well, and I do hear the Member's concerns, as well, because he had brought this up in the past, before. We are a traditional territory, as well. We do have elders who are located in our public housing units, and we do h

Question 421-19(2): Allocation of Public Housing  In developing the northern pathways program, we had a lot of interest throughout the communities. A lot of our programming that we do develop starts at the community level and looking at the needs throughout the Northwest Territories and looking at the income threshold. The purpo

Question 421-19(2): Allocation of Public Housing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Member, for your comment. I just want to elaborate on that. The Sahtu region has established their own housing society. They do work in partnership, and we do have community initiatives where they take on their own housing projects within th

Question 420-19(2): Public Housing in Deh Cho Constituency  I just wanted to also reflect that, on the tours that I did take throughout the Northwest Territories, I did go to the Member's community, and there were a number of units that we did identify that were beyond economic repair. I did see a lot of potential in that community. We al

Question 420-19(2): Public Housing in Deh Cho Constituency  When we are dealing with our clients within our public housing units, I just want to inform the Member that we do have a number of programs that are available through the Housing Corporation. One of them I just want to explain is the northern pathways program. That does have wrap