Northern Housing Building Demonstration Pushed Forward By Canada’s Economic Action Plan
Tags: arctic environment, construction season, economic action, fall and winter, housing corporation, housing units, interior work, northern territory, renovations, social housing, winter weather conditions
The Nunavut Housing Corporation has learnt how to assemble pre-built housing units before the expected delivery to the Northern territory’s communities in 2010.
Funding for this new housing is part of a combined federal-territorial investment of $112 million over a span of two years, which is under Canada’s Economic Action Plan which is providing a onetime investment totalling more than $ billion to renovate existing and build new social housing in Canada.
The investment in Nunavut includes a federal investment of $100 million for Northern housing, and it does not require cosh-sharing by the territory; the $12 million is equally cost-shared for new housing for seniors and persons with disabilities and for renovations and retrofit for existing federal assisted social housing.
The pre-built housing units use Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs); due to the North’s short construction season, SIP housing units can be closed in very quickly. Thus allowing interior work to continue throughout the fall and winter weather conditions; there will be about 141 SIP units delivered to Nunavut communities in 2010.
By using SIP housing units, it is addressing and meeting Nunavut’s housing needs; SIP units far exceed energy efficient standards, which means less operating and maintenance costs in the Arctic environment.
Glen Chapman
Broker of Record with Club “100″ GMAC Real Estate
www.club100realestate.com
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