Housing N.W.T. and Acho Dene Koe formalize housing partnership

By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio Housing N.W.T. and the Acho Dene Koe First Nation have signed an agreement to formalize their cooperation on housing projects in Fort Liard. Under the terms of the agreement, announced this week, a housing working group will be created featuring members of ADKFN, the First Nation’s economic development corporation – ADK Holdings – and the Government of the Northwest Territories. The working group will advance planning for social housing, plan for construction and repair of housing, and explore joint housing service delivery, a news release stated. “It’ll give us a forum for talking directly about the housing situation in the community,” said ADKFN general manager Boyd Clark. Like many places across the territory, he said, the existing housing stock in Fort…

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