This is for Minister of Housing.
Can the Minister of Housing provide an update on how many units, public units, are renovated? Because I know in Behchoko alone in Tlicho region, I'm talking about Tlicho region, but in Behchoko, we have for this past fiscal year, 22 units were supposed to be renovated. They are in great need of renovations. And I do not see any contractors in those units. And unemployment is high in Tlicho region. And I do support the local contractors, just like my colleague from Inuvik Twin Lakes had mentioned. So I just wanted to know if the Minister of Housing can provide an update to us on how many units were renovated?
Thank you, Member for Monfwi. Minister responsible for Housing NWT.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have that specific information on hand. But I do have the successes that were done in the Member's riding.
In 2021 and 2022, there was a complete delivery of two new public housing units in Behchoko. This past year, we invested $1.1 million in new construction, major retrofits, homeownership programming, and minor unit repairs. To date, one apprenticeship has successfully completed the Housing NWT Apprenticeship Program. There is currently one apprentice actively completing the program. To date, housing is required the requirement in our new contracts to include at least one apprenticeship to complete a work assignment during the duration of the contract.
The Tlicho has also been awarded one of the the federal Rapid Housing Initiatives. Sorry, the sun is just blocking my notes here. And they directly received $5 million for a housing project from the Rapid Housing Initiative provided by the federal government. So they actually went through the application process.
They were one of very few in the Northwest Territories that were able to access this specific program, the Rapid Housing Program. We had a short window. I think it was four months that the federal government had announced that. And I'm happy to say that the Tlicho government was one of the successful recipients of the awarded funding of $5 million. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Monfwi.
That's not the information I was looking for. What I was referring to was the renovation that was identified in the budget. There were 22 units that were supposed to be renovated this year. And summer is approaching, summer is here, and this is the important time that there's lot of young people that are looking for job as well. And so that's why I was referring to that's why I mention is there an update. Can she provide an update to us about how many houses that they have completed so far to date and are they on track to complete the units within this fiscal year? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During the past couple of years, you know, we have recovered from the COVID19 and also the restrictions that had come along with it as well too. I can provide the Member with an update of those numbers that she is requesting. I don't have that immediately on hand. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
