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Thank you, Mr. Chair. For this year, we’ll actually save about $500,000 by transferring that six cents per kilowatt to each family member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We can work on that as well. I would like to meet with committee on that. We’ll do the costing, bring it to committee. The biggest thing that I’m really conscious of when meeting with the Yukon Territory housing Minister who has been in her term for a number of terms, has said that this is the first time that we’ve got all three territories to come together on housing and actually agree to a partnership. I really want to be careful that we don’t sabotage that because trust is really hard to gain and really easy to lose. We will do the costing and we’ll bring it to...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members may be aware that the Housing Corporation is actually already on that. We are putting out a survey that will develop a community-based plan and we’re more than willing to work with the health and social services department in providing services. When those surveys are received back we will know exactly what each community wishes and we would base our actions for the coming future based on the community needs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Year20 and year35 houses need to be renovated to bring them back up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. To begin with, we will be reporting to the regional office until the LHO office is stabilized. Then we will look at getting a local board within that community. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. There will be no impact on the rent scale, actually. This is above and beyond the rent scale. The average cost that will come to a family would be about $27 per month. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. If the Members would like, we can actually put together a document that shows the costing to address every single core need within the Territories. We can provide that. The reality, though, is that the argument that we give for the tri-territories is a business case based on the higher cost of living within the territories, and so we advocate again, not on what each territory would need. We just advocate based on that we have the highest core needs amongst the three territories in all of Canada. The federal transfer payments currently for housing cannot be based on a...
I’m going to try to address the question, because I’m a bit confused on what the Member is asking. Yes, affordability can still maintain someone in core need because, again, we don’t have control over our market rents. Even if someone has a greatpaying job, there can still be affordability issues in the market housing that is available. Now, if somebody chooses to live in a house that is above their means, that’s a personal choice. But, as when it comes to normal market rents, there still will be affordability issues with people that work in the lowerincome positions.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is work that will be done to address the core need within the communities as outlined within our budget. In all honesty, we’d need about $30 million to address our own stock at this point, within this fiscal year. Currently, we don’t have $30 million to provide for that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we’re looking at expanding our LHO services to Fort Liard, Whati, and Gameti. Thank you, Mr. Chair.