People on the N.W.T.'s social housing waitlist can't see where they stand or why others are housed first.
Applicants on the social housing waitlist in the Northwest Territories
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How this problem came to be
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The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- Applicants for social housing in Behchokǫ̀ and other N.W.T. communities, especially older single people.
- The moment
- Being told a unit is coming, then learning at the last minute that someone else was given the spot.
- What people do today
- Applicants wait for years without a view of their priority, and MLAs cannot contact local housing staff directly on their behalf.
- Why it's unsolved
- Homes are allocated by points for need, risk and family size rather than by application date, and applicants are not shown how their points compare or change.
- What solved looks like
- A private status page or text line for each applicant showing their priority points, what changes them, their rough place in the local queue and the units expected to open, with a way to update their health or family circumstances.
Evidence
Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1Housing N.W.T. says 168 applicants are currently on the social housing waitlist in Behchokǫ̀, nine more than in January 2026.
- 2The average time spent on the social housing waitlist is approximately two years, according to Housing N.W.T.
- 3One applicant has been waiting for eight-and-a-half years and says she was told about five times that she would receive a unit, only to learn someone else had been given her spot.
- 4Housing N.W.T. allocates homes on a point-based priority policy, based on urgent need, immediate health or safety risks and family size rather than application date.
- 5Territorial policy prevents MLAs from contacting local housing staff directly.
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What the source says, in short
Housing N.W.T. says 168 applicants are currently on the social housing waitlist in Behchokǫ̀, nine more than in January 2026. The average time spent on the social housing waitlist is approximately two years, according to Housing N.W.T. One applicant has been waiting for eight-and-a-half years and says she was told about five times that she would receive a unit, only to learn someone else had been given her spot. Housing N.W.T. allocates homes on a point-based priority policy, based on urgent need, immediate health or safety risks and family size rather than application date. Territorial policy prevents MLAs from contacting local housing staff directly.
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