The City of Yellowknife has four different ideas that we're looking to pursue. Two of them include motel transformations into single-use apartments. The other one is an old office building that's now vacant. There are 10 storeys that could be transformed into residential units. Then there's a federal asset. There's a 36-unit apartment building that the federal government has empty here in Yellowknife, and we are hoping that it can be transformed into supportive housing, because the market rental in Yellowknife is sufficient for federal employees. That's just what the City of Yellowknife has. The YWCA also has a project that they're looking to expand, and there are a few more NGOs.
The timeline is incredibly tight. I recognize that the idea is to get the money out the door; however, we're all in the midst of a pandemic trying to keep our heads above water. Trying to do our regular jobs and apply for this funding—not to kick a gift horse in the mouth—is a challenge, so getting the funding applications in and then the timelines to get it done here in the north.... Yellowknife is lucky in that we do have road access, but for a community like Paulatuk, which is up in the Arctic Ocean, finding out that they get funding in March means that they can't do their project until summer 2022, which by then, has already blown the rapid housing initiative deadline. Really, it's about recognizing that not all communities have road access, and even for those of us with road access, it's about just being able to have enough human power to get these projects done, because even when you have a modular unit, it comes, and it has to be set up on the grounds, so you still need those trades folks.
Again, it's great; we really need housing support here in the north, but the program hasn't been designed necessarily to lead to success, because we're all such small organizations. The next speaker is from the community of Lutselk’e, which has a tiny government staff. They don't have people on staff to be able to fill out complicated—