Housing Stability Act
Northwest Territories' Bill 22 (Housing Stability Act) is the territorial response to NWT's housing crisis: approximately 60 percent of NWT communities (especially the smaller Indigenous communities in the Sahtu, Tlicho, and Inuvialuit regions) face core housing-need rates well above the federal target. NWT Housing Corporation reported approximately 3,500 households on its waiting list in 2024. The Act establishes a binding statutory requirement on the GNWT to publish a five-year housing plan, creates a Tenant Protection Framework Board, increases statutory funding floors for the Northern Housing Strategy, and creates rent-supplement programs targeted at Indigenous-government-administered communities.
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Updates the Northwest Territories' rental, public-housing, and homelessness-services framework. Adds rent-arrears protections, funds new builds for territorial public housing, and structures wraparound supports for people exiting shelters.
Issues this bill touches
- Housing
NWT Housing Stability Act.
Legislative history
- Introduced
Tabled in the originating chamber by the sponsor.
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Debated in principle; vote sends the bill to committee.
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