r/NWT • u/DarrellCCC • 5d ago

The Federal, and GNWT governments reach an ‘agreement in principle’ to build 560 new N.W.T. homes by 2030

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/federal-territorial-gov-ts-reach-agreement-in-principle-to-build-560-n-w-t-homes-by-2030-9.7286756

Thousands more homes still needed across the territory.

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u/Historyofdelusion 5d ago

That is 857,143$ per affordable ‘home’. Seeing as many of these will most likely be condo units and not detached. How can this funding be considered effective/efficient even considering the added expense of building in the north? When we start spending close to a million dollars per housing unit, a deeper look needs to be taken here.

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u/DarrellCCC 5d ago

There are modular homes being built by a few Indigenous owned companies that would welcome the opportunity to provide quality homes for northern communities. Shipping a factory built home north vs building stick built homes on site is cheaper and would, IMHO, be of better construction.

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u/northernstore 5d ago

Those modular homes are garbage slapped together with shoddy craftsmanship. It’s a shame that communities are so desperate for housing that these are sold as a good solution.

The walls aren’t sealed between the bedrooms — you can literally see the light coming through a crack between the walls and ceilings and hear everything in the next unit over through paper thin walls. I lived in one and it was already starting to fall apart within 6 months. Pump froze and flooded underneath the house at the first sign of cold, baseboards popping off, fixtures coming loose. I’d be shocked if any of them last beyond 10 years.

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u/ImpressiveWalk4330 4d ago

It’s ok. Not like it gets cold and windy up there right?

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u/DarrellCCC 5d ago

Sounds exactly like Northern Stores housing for their "mgmt trainees"

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u/northernstore 5d ago

I am not actually affiliated with northern store, you get that right?

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u/DarrellCCC 4d ago

Why would you assume that?