Fort Good Hope housing plans on hold during Covid-19 pandemic
The pandemic is holding up a much-needed housing strategy in Fort Good Hope. Repairs, new homes, and more are planned for a place hard-hit by a housing crisis. More »
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YK shelter becomes month-long isolation centre for 30 people
The downtown day shelter and sobering centre on Yellowknife's 50 Street will be home to 30 "high-risk homeless adults" for the next month, its operator said. More »
No time for goodbye as NWT family moves south for work
“Every day, something changes.” His wife was born here. He's been here for 30 years. They're leaving Yellowknife mid-pandemic and they can't even say goodbye. More »
A ‘long list’ of changes as Yellowknife’s realtors cope with Covid-19
Yellowknife's housing market during a pandemic is a strange place. Buyers are holed up in hotels, military transfers suspended, and video tours sought-after. More »
Northview will ‘reach a solution’ with tenants who can’t pay
The NWT's largest landlord told tenants to get in touch if they are "suffering financial hardship" as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and cannot pay rent. More »
Amid pandemic, plan for Arnica Inn transitional housing is back on
A plan to transform a Yellowknife hotel into transitional housing, thought to have been sunk by an argument over funding, is at last going ahead. More »
Renoviction of YK public housing tenants on hold during pandemic
A handful of tenants don't want to leave Bison Hill for alternatives that seem less safe, but the owner needs them out. Now, there's a pandemic to deal with. More »
How big is the public housing waitlist in your NWT community?
Almost a thousand NWT residents are on the territory's waiting list for more public housing to become available. Examine the data for each community. More »
YWCA gets $1M to give women safe spaces in small NWT communities
YWCA NWT will use $1 million in new funding to help keep women safe in three of the territory's remote communities, using lessons learned in British Columbia. More »
Arnica housing project ‘is dead’ yet minister says it can go ahead
Paulie Chinna pledged support for a project turning a Yellowknife hotel into housing, even as project leaders said the plan lay dead at the territory's hands. More »
Anger at housing corp as Arnica Inn refit is denied funding
Yellowknife's mayor attacked the NWT Housing Corporation in unusually blunt terms, claiming federal funding was lost after it failed to back a housing project. More »
Northview, landlord to many northerners, set to be sold
Northview REIT, the territory's largest private landlord, is to be acquired by new owners – themselves with some NWT history – in a deal valued at $4.8 billion. More »