Housing

Featured, News, Politics October 12, 2023

Trudeau talks housing, wildfires, Israel-Gaza in Yellowknife visit

The Prime Minister also announced a new 50-unit affordable housing project.


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to Yellowknife to announce a new affordable housing project, as he continued his tour of the wildfire-devastated territory on Thursday. The 50-unit affordable housing project is slated for completion in 2025. Trudeau was joined at the announcement by Premier Caroline Cochrane, MP Michael McLeod, Mayor…

Featured, News September 20, 2021

Yellowknife Community Arena serving as temporary day and overnight shelter

The Yellowknife Community Arena is serving as a temporary day and overnight homeless shelter as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to affect the vulnerable population.  “There is a significant number of COVID-19 cases within Yellowknife’s underhoused population and staff at the 50th street Day Shelter and Sobering Centre,” a press release…

Community, Featured, News March 22, 2021

126 affordable housing units coming to NWT

The Northwest Territories will be getting 126 affordable housing units, announced in a Monday morning joint press conference with the territorial and federal governments. The new units will be constructed with funding from the federal National Housing Co-investment Fund, out of which the NWT has received a special $60-million “carve…

Featured, News, Politics March 11, 2021

MLAs pass motion to review housing corp

Regular MLAs passed a motion to fast-track the GNWT’s review of the NWT housing corporation during a housing-themed sitting of the19th Legislative Assembly, Wednesday. The motion directs the housing corporation to update its mission statement and include referrals to governments programs prior to evicting residents in public housing. Caitlin Cleveland,…

Community, Featured, Health, Life Style, News July 22, 2020

Fort Simpson resident looks to honour mom’s legacy with housing project 

Dennis Nelner hopes the project can be used as a blueprint in other communities.


Dennis Nelner says it would not have been unusual for all sorts of people to be living under his mother’s roof when she was alive. He says many young Fort Simpson residents moved into his mom’s basement as their first foray away from home. Madeline Nelner would also invite people…

Community, Featured, Health, News March 31, 2020

Fort Good Hope gets plan to address housing needs

The K’asho Got’ı̨nę Housing Society will be building 20 new homes and repairing another 50 to improve housing in Fort Good Hope. The projects are part of a five-year strategic and housing plan recently adopted by the housing society. Last year, the NWT bureau of statistics identified Fort Good Hope…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News, Politics February 26, 2020

Housing minister tells Yellowknife Womens’ Society to re-apply for Arnica Inn funding without giving financial backing

Housing Minister Paulie Chinna will not step in to help the Yellowknife Womens’ Society secure funding for its Arnica Inn project. A week and a half ago, the womens’ society had its funding application rejected to transform the Arnica Inn into transitional housing. According to Bree Denning, the womens’ society’s…