After 13 months of waiting, a family currently living in a tent with a baby will finally get a home after an exchange between Nanakput MLA Jackie Jacobson and Housing Minster Paulie Chinna.

Jacobson used his question period to highlight the plight of the family, who were unable to move into a house that was readily available for them.

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Chinna said the unit was repaired and had needed work done on the water tank, which delayed getting it ready for human habitation, but was now ready.

She the said she would work with the board of directors of Housing NWT and look at the allocation.

That wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 good enough for Jacobson, who once again asked Chinna to commit to putting the family in the home immediately.

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Reiterating the family in question was first on the list and was SA国际影视传媒減otentially next to be up for allocation,SA国际影视传媒� Chinna stressed she still wanted to speak to the board. She added she would follow up with Jacobson after speaking to the Housing NWT board of directors.

Jacobson said he had been pushing to get the family in the house for over a year and threatened to table documents detailing what the family was going through.

SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檝e been waiting for the minister to deal with this for the last 13 months. That baby was one month old. Now weSA国际影视传媒檙e at -20C.

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Noting she did not want to see SA国际影视传媒渢his circumstance extended to something that is quite severe,SA国际影视传媒� Chinna said she would put political pressure on Housing NWT to ensure the two-bedroom unit would go to the family.

She added the family has been on the waiting list for several years.

Jacobson asked the minister to repeat herself to ensure that was a SA国际影视传媒測es.SA国际影视传媒�

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