COST OF LIVING

Commitment 3.1.1 – We will continue to implement northern solutions for northern housing by:
Developing options for rationalizing public housing utility pricing structures to promote self-reliance.

Utilities are one of the NWTHC’s major expenditures, requiring ongoing monitoring and analysis.

On August 1, 2016, the NWTHC increased the user-pay power rate paid by tenants from nine (9) to fifteen (15) cents per kilowatt hour (kWh).

A further six (6) cents per kWh rate was implemented on August 1, 2017 for a total of twenty-one (21) cents per kWh.

The NWTHC is working with MACA to move from paying government rates for water and sewer services to residential rates, on par with other homeowners.

Incremental utility rate adjustments will continue until the power rates of public housing tenants are on par with those of other residents in the communities.