Media Releases

Federal government to provide an additional $1.9 million in funding for Provincial Housing Repair Program

December 18, 1998

The federal government has announced that it will provide the province with an additional $1.9 million in funding to the Provincial Home Repair Program (PHRP) which addresses households with the greatest home repair needs. The minister responsible for housing, Honourable Lloyd Matthews, and Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) were informed earlier today that the […]

NLHC awards contract for next phase of former Harmon Base environmental cleanup

December 3, 1998

Following an invitation for proposals earlier this summer, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) recently awarded Agra Earth and Environmental Ltd. a contract to proceed with a Sediment Investigation Program and a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment of Noel’s Pond and environs. In conjunction with the contract, NLHC will be holding a public information meeting […]

NLHC sells houses to Torngat Regional Housing Association

November 3, 1998

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) has sold three of its rental properties in the Town of Rigolet to the Torngat Regional Housing Association (TRHA). The announcement was made today by Art Reid, minister responsible for housing. The three properties include: one, three-bedroom house and two, two-bedroom houses. These houses were originally part of the […]

Housing corporation begins land transfers to municipalities

October 6, 1998

A news conference was held today to officially transfer industrial/ commercial land from Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) to the Town of Paradise. Art Reid, provincial minister responsible for housing, MHA’s Ralph Wiseman – Topsail and Jim Walsh – Conception Bay East and Bell Island, and Mayor Dianne Whalen, attended the conference. Government recently [&h