Residents renting in the private market that are struggling to make ends meet may be eligible for the Transitional Rent Supplement Program. Housing Minister Paulie Chinna announced the NWT Housing Corporation has extended the program to the end of August. The program was supposed to end on March 31, but…
NWT residents in public housing will now have their payment of rent delayed until the end of June. The NWT Housing Corporation (NWTHC ) says it will be “Directing local housing organizations that current operation processes will continue until at least the end of June” with regards to rent deferral….
NWT residents who live in public housing will now be granted extra time to pay their rent because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Tenants of rental programs are permitted to delay their payments to Local Housing Organization (LHO) offices until a later date,” the NWT Housing Corporation said. “These measures will…
Bree Denning says she was surprised to hear the NWT Housing Corporation didn’t support the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s project to turn the Arnica Inn into transitional housing. She was told as much not by the housing corporation itself but by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation after it rejected a…
An ex-board member of the Fort Simpson housing authority is calling out the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation for dissolving the board that oversees the community’s housing authority. The housing corp recently fired the manager of the authority, and appointed their own housing corporation employee in their place. The housing corporation…