{"id":642122,"date":"2026-05-02T02:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642122\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:35:34","slug":"iqaluit-council-gives-116-unit-public-housing-proposal-second-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642122\/","title":{"rendered":"Iqaluit council gives 116-unit public housing proposal second life"},"content":{"rendered":"

After rejection at committee, councillors to read revised bylaw at future meeting<\/p>\n

A proposed rezoning measure that would enable Nunavut Housing Corp. to build 116 public housing units<\/a> in Iqaluit will get a second chance after it was rejected by the city\u2019s planning and development committee last week.<\/p>\n

Councillors saw a revised proposal Tuesday during their council meeting.<\/p>\n

Nunavut Housing Corp. wants to build two five-storey, 58-unit buildings near the bottom of Hospital Hill, where three now-demolished row homes once were. To do so, the land must be rezoned from medium density to high density.<\/p>\n

The housing corporation made changes to the proposed development in response to committee feedback, city planning director Mathew Dodds told council Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a very aggressive timeline. They want to start construction this year, hence the item coming back to council so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The revised bylaw proposal creates additional parking space for all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.<\/p>\n

Coun. Kyle Sheppard, who was not at last week\u2019s planning committee meeting, spoke in favour of the project.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is incredibly high-quality housing that\u2019s being proposed for our residents,\u201d he said. \u201cHigh density is not for everybody, but I think this is a large number of units that are desperately needed by a large segment of the population.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council discussed adding a first reading of the new proposed bylaw to Tuesday\u2019s agenda, but councillors Harry Flaherty, Methusalah Kunuk and Simon Nattaq, who opposed the proposal last week, were absent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit awkward that the people who were most against this aren\u2019t in the room today,\u201d said Coun. Romeyn Stevenson.<\/p>\n

Dodds told councillors that moving the vote to a next meeting would not impact the project timeline. Nunavut Housing Corp. aims to get materials into the community this coming sealift and start building in the fall.<\/p>\n

Councillors approved a motion recommending that council give first reading to the new rezoning plan at their May 12 meeting. After that, city staff will organize a public hearing.<\/p>\n

Dodds also noted that if the bylaw gets approval on second reading, third reading would not happen until council has conditionally approved a development permit for the project.<\/p>\n

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