Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, it will show up in the financial reports. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, please.

Mr. Anderson will answer that question.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The request was sent out a couple of years ago, so when we only got the three, we stopped at that. We made a commitment that we would make sure that three communities were successful before we went any further with any more funding on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Actually, no, we are still committed to supporting housing within the NWT. This year we have $84 million committed from the Northwest Territories Government and last year it was actually around the same. Even with the $35 million that we received from the federal government, the Government of the Northwest Territories has still put in the same financial figure. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Repairs, renovations and minor capital projects need to be completed annually on both public housing and home ownership programs. The NWT Housing Corporation has a significant capital plan for 2016-17, $47 million, which includes repair and renovation budget of $18 million. $10.5 million is for repairs and renovations for NWT Housing Corp assets $6.5 million is for home ownership repairs and renovations. $1.1 million is for minor capital repairs. Renovation and repair work for the Housing Corporation assets and home ownership units has been consistent and predictable and represents a huge...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll let Mr. Anderson answer that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have had the money in place for over a year, but it has taken us time to actually work with the communities to get them to finish up. In fact, one of the communities just came in the other day to finish the process even though they expressed interest over a year ago. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The $492,000 is actually an old CMHC funding, and so it’s discontinued, so now being covered under homeownership programs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The average percentage was based on the stick-built price the Housing Corporation received as part of the public tender process, compared against the design build process, received for module homes that were awarded. The NWT Housing Corporation is not permitted, under the tendering and contracting rules to provide specific detailed information on each proposal, but we can say, that on average, the prices received for stick-built, was more than 30 per cent higher than the module prices. In some case, the per cent was actually much higher. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.