The Nunavut Housing CorporationSA国际影视传媒檚 $43.4-million capital budget for 2020-21 stalled last week when Aggu MLA Paul Quassa insisted that the housing corporation was wrong about IglulikSA国际影视传媒檚 waiting list shrinking by 54 per cent.

Other MLAs also wanted assurance about the process used to track the waiting list in each community.

Housing Minister Patterk Netser returned Monday seeking approval for his departmentSA国际影视传媒檚 capital budget and he admitted that some employees erred in the calculations.

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Twenty NHC homes are scheduled to be constructed in Iglulik in 2019-20, Netser noted.

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going to see any changes anytime soon,SA国际影视传媒� Quassa said. SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檓 sure that there are also (wait list calculation) errors done in the other communities. ISA国际影视传媒檓 sure itSA国际影视传媒檚 not only Iglulik thatSA国际影视传媒檚 in this situation.SA国际影视传媒�

Netser noted that an independent party will be used to carry out a review of the rent scale and NHCSA国际影视传媒檚 housing allocation system for the communities. In the meantime, the minister noted that residents should continue to regularly update their status.

SA国际影视传媒淲e encourage our (local housing organizations) to keep an updated list people applying for housing. (Clients) have to come in and apply every six months,SA国际影视传媒� Netser said.