Julie Green

Thank you for that response. At what point does the furniture go in there, and the rooms get set up, and all that sort of thing? Is that within this six months, or is that in addition to it? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the Minister. Those are all my questions.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table the report "Everyone is Home – Yellowknife's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness." Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. How is the Housing Corporation helping the Housing Authority to address the need for units that are for single people in Yellowknife? Thank you.

I think the key distinction here is between homelessness and housing. I know that the NWT Housing Corporation funds public housing throughout the Northwest Territories, and that there are some pots of money that go to the shelters. I think that what I am asking about here is whether the Minister will work to a more comprehensive response as it relates to the territorial problem that exists in Yellowknife. The plan calls on all the orders of government, that is, Indigenous, territorial, and federal, to work together to create this commission that will work on implementing this plan. Is the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister responsible for Homelessness. Yellowknife has the largest homeless population in the Northwest Territories, and the city's 10-year plan to end homelessness provides an action plan to eliminate this problem. Will the Minister prepare a formal response to the plan, and release this response publicly when available? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess my concern is that, we'll take Yellowknife Housing Authority as an example, they have an extensive waiting list. There are not enough units. They need more units. As I understand it, most of those units are in buildings, also.

How would that work in Yellowknife, where mostly people are in buildings and not in independent units? How could they replace or repair units in those circumstances or spend in ways that meets the needs of their waiting list, which is primarily single people? Thank you.

I thought I was on board, but then in the second half I kind of fell apart. They can use it on construction to address the waiting lists that they have in their communities. Would that be a permissible use of the surplus? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I have a general question, and the question is this: a number of the housing authorities had surpluses over the last number of years and there was some work going on for the Housing Corporation to work with these authorities to spend their surpluses, and I would like an update on whether an agreement has been reached on how those surpluses can be spent and what the parameters are around that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The phased move-in, how long will that take? Thank you.