Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Housing. First, I'd like to know when there will be a solution to address the security issues with the apartments on 52nd Avenue like Norseman Manor and Simpson House? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Great Slave. Minister responsible for Housing.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing Corporation and the local housing organization here in Yellowknife continue to meet regularly with Northview Management to find key operating security and maintenance. Both the Housing Corporation and the Northview are committed to ensuring the safety of their residents. I'm pleased to advise that the Housing Corporation has seen continuous improvement over these areas in terms of securities such as expanding security checks, new key lock system, installation of new camera system, and increasing its numbers of security patrols at Norseman Manor from seven per day to nine per day. In addition, a standin guard coverage has been increased from four days a week to now seven days a week for ten hours during a day peak security hours.
These enhancement security arrangements represent an annual investment of over 50,000 by Norseman Manor alone. The Housing Corporation and Northview senior management continue to meet regularly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister for that answer. I do have some constituents that are saying they have not seen security around the building so I will follow up with the Minister on that.
My next question is when will the recently purchased Nordic Arms be available for NWT Housing clients and how will the department determine which clients will be moved there. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing Corporation is anticipating March of this year, 2022. The corporation will be meeting with each of the existing tenants to discuss transition planning. The timeline for public housing unit allocations are expected to be known earlier in this fiscal year. Public housing tenant allocation to the new buildings will be done in accordance to an existing public housing program policy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear that, but I would also like to encourage the Minister to think about perhaps prioritizing vulnerable families over just going through the formal process list as before.
My third question is will the Minister commit to providing funding to the YWCA for the expansion of Lynn's Place as somewhat of a replacement to the transitional housing that was lost when Rockhill burned down. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And for the Member as well too, I will bring that back to the Housing Corporation to prioritize the families for the allocation to our new purchased building.
The Housing Corporation also continues to meet regularly with CMHC and YWCA on the status of this project to anticipate an announcement early in the near future. The Housing Corporation is certainly willing to consider cost sharing requirements for this project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary. Member for Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister for committing to bring back my comments, as well as I'm glad to hear that there is ongoing conversation around Lynn's Place as I know that the Y does lots of great work.
My last question, which may be a surprise to the Minister, is can the Minister speak about how she personally sees the transition of housing happening to more of a social department versus a technical or an infrastructurebased department? Can she give us some examples of how she sees that improving? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to advise, I guess, the Members as well too that we've created a Council of Leaders working table with the Indigenous groups, and we will be looking at all of the programs and policies for the Housing Corporation. And also we will be looking at the mandate and the renewal for the corporation as well too, and those are expected documents to be coming in the next coming months. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Thebacha.
