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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is undertaking a review and renewal exercise to ensure that the Housing Corporation’s efforts are effective and producing the desired outcomes for Northwest Territories communities and residents.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), in conjunction with the Canadian Red Cross and the City of Yellowknife, is temporarily using the Yellowknife Community arena to provide essential day and overnight services to Yellowknife’s underhoused population. This action was taken due to the significant number of COVID-19 cases within Yellowknife’s underhoused population and staff at the 50th street Day Shelter and Sobering Centre.
Today, Paulie Chinna, Minister Responsible Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) announced the opening of new environmentally-friendly 8-Plex in Sissons Court in Yellowknife. The provision of this housing supports the Government of the Northwest Territories’ mandate to ensure the availability of affordable housing as well as to consider climate change impacts when making government decisions.
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Mr. Speaker, every community in the Northwest Territories is different and has different needs and priorities. I am pleased to say that our Community Housing Support Program recognizes these differences and puts the priorities of local people right in the center of our planning processes.
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Mr. Speaker, like all of us here today, I recognize the importance of and value education and its role in creating long term successes for our residents and our territory. I am pleased to say that the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, through its apprenticeship program, also reflects this value while also working hard to improve housing for many Northwest Territories residents.
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Mr. Speaker, this government recognizes that owning your own home leads to physical security as well as emotional and financial security. Our goal and our mandate is to increase the number of affordable homes and reduce the core housing need across the territory. Throughout my time being responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, I have made it my priority to listen to community members and look for resolutions to the barriers that have been identified.
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Mr. Speaker, throughout the life of this government, I have travelled to many communities and it cannot go unnoticed that every community in the Northwest Territories is unique and has different needs. With 33 unique communities in the NWT, flexible programming is needed to ensure community needs are being met.
The attached news release is distributed jointly by the Government of the Northwest Territories and Government of Canada.
Media are invited to attend an announcement regarding housing funding in the Northwest Territories (NWT) with Paulie Chinna, Minister Responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation and Ahmed Hussen, Federal Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development and Minister responsible for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, along with Michael V. McLeod, MP for the NWT.
Following the announcement there will be an opportunity for media to ask questions.
When: Monday, March 22, 2021
FORT GOOD HOPE (February 16 2021) – Paulie Chinna, Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) and Julie Green, Minister Responsible for Seniors, are pleased to announce the completion of the Fort Good Hope Seniors Centre – a supported independent living complex for Northwest Territories (NWT) seniors.
