The NWT government issued a proposal worth $250,000 for someone to build secure storage for homeless Yellowknife residents' belongings.
Housing
The NWT’s housing is in crisis. Continuing coverage of the issues affecting the territory’s homes, the problems, and the solutions.
The City of Yellowknife is holding a public hearing on September 9 at 4:30pm where residents can provide comments on its proposed community plan.
Yellowknife’s Voices for Peace conference returns on September 20, where community and faith leaders will discuss homelessness, addiction and other crises.
The new K’áhsho Got’ı̨nę trades centre in Fort Good Hope, billed as an innovative response to the NWT housing crisis, has begun building homes for northerners.
The GNWT and City of Yellowknife say the transfer of land near Frame Lake to the municipality is nearly final. It's vital to the city's draft community plan.
A two-year Housing NWT pilot project in the Beaufort Delta, Dehcho and Sahtu will create new "technical teams" to help with home maintenance and repairs.
