NWT and Yukon testing cold-climate heat pumps
Heat pumps could be climate-friendly heating solutions for the North – if using them proves economical and technically feasible. Two projects aim to find out.
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Tenant must pay $11,000 to cover damages after RCMP drug raid
A tenant must pay more than $11,000 to Hay River's housing authority to cover damage left behind after they tried to barricade a home against an RCMP drug raid.
YK council votes to reallocate Reaching Home funding to GNWT
Yellowknife rerouted $1.3 million in federal cash at the last minute. It'll now go toward a GNWT project creating transitional housing for addictions recovery.
Tenants Association launches in the NWT
The Tenants Association Northwest Territories will advocate for tenants' rights and help renters navigate the legal system.
MLAs pass motion calling on NWT to introduce rent cap
MLAs passed a motion requesting that the GNWT institute a rent cap, though it isn't binding. "I wanted to get the dialogue started," Katrina Nokleby said.
NWT MLAs will discuss introducing a rent cap
Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby is bringing forward a motion calling for a limit to the rent increase any NWT tenant can face in a year.
Housing NWT creates new time window, single form for repair programs
Housing NWT is introducing a new, limited application window for some programs and a single form to cover them. The agency said it was streamlining the process.
MLA calls on Housing NWT to stop garnishing Elders’ pensions
Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong will introduce a motion seeking to freeze the collection of housing debt accrued by Elders and residential school survivors.
Housing ministers across the country call on feds for help
Housing ministers from all 13 provinces and territories called for the federal government to increase its spending on affordable housing.
Where Fort Good Hope’s housing program plans to go next
The K'asho Got'ine Housing Society, recognized for its innovative approach in Fort Good Hope, set out goals that include social programs and trades training.
An NWT court says the Salvation Army is his home. It isn’t that simple.
People released from NWT jails can end up with the Salvation Army as their court-ordered home address, an instruction that sometimes has complex consequences.
If a non-profit runs an Inuvik shelter, how much should that cost?
Two groups may be interested in taking over the running of Inuvik's warming shelter from Housing NWT. But GNWT budget details raise questions about funding.