Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corp regarding the Spruce Bough. There's been a number of different applications throughout this. I believe that the Housing Corp is committed to a part of the coinvestment fund and then the Spruce Bough was moved into the rapid rehousing money, and then they were not successful there. And now I believe they are back in the coinvestment fund with CMHC and the Housing Corp is still supporting their 25 percent of that. But can I just get an update from the Minister on where the Spruce Bough is at with regards to getting funding to purchase the asset. Thank you.
Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Minister responsible for Northwest Territories Housing Corporation.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Spruce Bough had applied for a federal for federal funding. The Housing Corporation, we still do have the 25 percent to support that application but we don't have further details as we are not the we don't hold that federal funding here in the territory. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I recognize that it can be frustrating for the Minister to, you know, try and answer questions about a federal program, but I think everyone has had frustrations with that CMHC funding. I guess more broadly, there were a number of organizations who applied to the rapid rehousing funding. They put together applications. They hired architects. They went quite far along in the process, and they weren't successful. And I believe a number of those were then moved into the coinvestment fund. Does the Minister have any insight as to whether there is another round of federal funding coming or would those applicants ultimately see success or a light at the end of this tunnel? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can continue having the conversation with the federal government on replenishing those federal pots for the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I think there are some lessons to be learned here, and perhaps some lobbying to be done by our Housing Corp on the CMHC's processes. And I've even heard that the CMHC ministers complain about some of their processes not working for the North in the past. It's a lot of the reason that the coinvestment money sat there in the first place.
In the Spruce Bough's example, there doesn't currently seem to be a path forward where they can meet the CMHC building standards for green energy and retrofitting despite the fact that people are living there and it's working right now, this the Federal Government, through the CMHC, seems to have an unrealistic target they have to meet to actually get that building operational.
Can I get a commitment out of the Minister that they will review, and probably can lobby the CMHC, to make some changes to make sure that money can actually flow for the reality on the ground? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be meeting with Minister Hussen next Wednesday, and we will be speaking about replenishing the fund for the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
