‘If we don’t have good homes, the territory is going to fail’ – Cabin Radio
October 30, 2025
The NWT’s housing minister, responding to a damning audit, insisted “concrete steps” are being taken to address major deficiencies in social housing programs.
The Office of the Auditor General released a report this week that found Housing NWT’s monitoring and evaluation were sorely lacking.
As a result, the auditors said, Housing NWT did not know:
- if its points-based system to determine which applicants have priority was being used appropriately at community level;
- if homes in communities were being maintained and rated properly; or
- if the right people were being accepted into its programs.
