{"id":817570,"date":"2026-07-22T01:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817570\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T01:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:31:23","slug":"good-news-for-nunavummiut-23-unit-housing-complex-coming-to-iqaluit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817570\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Good news for Nunavummiut\u2019: 23-unit housing complex coming to Iqaluit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A plot of land that previously housed three families, will soon provide housing for more than 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The government of Canada announced Tuesday it\u2019s awarding a contract to build a 23-unit housing complex in Iqaluit.\u00a0It will be on Nikku Lane behind the Northwestel building.<\/p>\n<p>The government has given the $35.6 million contract to Arctic Fresh Projects Inc. under a federal program called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/buy-canadian-policy-takes-effect-today-9.7018300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buy Canadian Policy<\/a>, which is committed to prioritizing Canadian supply chains and workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding a new 23-unit housing complex here in Iqaluit is good news for Nunavummiut, and good news for the many Canadian builders and suppliers who will bring the project to life under the Buy Canadian Policy,\u201d Nunavut MP Lori Idlout, said in a news release Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said Arctic Fresh Projects Inc. \u2014 also the builders on Nunavut\u2019s first addictions and treatment centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/north\/nunavut-addictions-and-trauma-treatment-centre-construction-timeline-9.7268171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">set to open later this year<\/a> \u2014 reflects the government\u2019s commitment to supporting Inuit entrepreneurs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government will continue working with local partners and Indigenous peoples to advance projects that will build a more prosperous future for Canada\u2019s North,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Building with sign that reads &quot;arctic fresh projects&quot;.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784683883_21_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4970760233918128\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Arctic Fresh Projects Inc. are the builders on the project. Idlout said that choice reflects the government\u2019s commitment to supporting Inuit entrepreneurs. (David Gunn\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>The new building will have a mix of two and three-bedroom units, including two accessible units. The units will be owned by the federal government and leased under the Northern Pool Housing Program, which offers housing to federal workers in northern communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to create \u201cup to\u201d 55 jobs over the next two years and will use mostly Canadian-made steel, aluminum and lumber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The units previously in the area where the new ones will be built have already been demolished.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they expect construction to be complete by December 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-817570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}