Our Mission:

Increasing the wellbeing of individuals and communities by providing fair access to quality housing support for people most in need.

Our Vision:

We are a respected partner in providing effective housing support for people most in need.

Our Values:

• Client-Focused

  • We are fair, respectful and compassionate

  • We recognize that everyone has a unique lived experience that may include past trauma

  • We communicate clearly and often

• Collaboration
  • We look for and accept opportunities to collaborate
  • We recognize that greater success comes from working together
  • We take steps to build and maintain partnerships

• Accountability

  • We are accountable to our clients, to our employees, to our partners and to the public for our conduct and our use of public resources

  • We are transparent

  • We look for accountability in others

• Innovation

  • We strive to continue to improve

  • We are creative, adaptable and flexible

  • We measure our effectiveness

• Reconciliation
  • We acknowledge the Indigenous inherent right of self-government
  • We engage with Indigenous Governments on a government-to-government basis
  • We educate ourselves about the NWT’s history of colonization
  • We strive for cultural appropriateness in our work

• Sustainability

  • We look for environmental and fiscal sustainability in all aspects of our work.

Housing NWT's new Mission, Vision, and Values statement is available in all official Indigenous languages of the NWT below:

• English
• Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé)
• Cree (Nēhiyawēwin)
• Gwitch'in (Dinjii Zhuʼ Ginjik)
• Inuinnaqtun
• Inuktitut
• Inuvialuktun
• North Slavey (Dene Kǝdǝ́)
• South Slavey (Dene Zhatıé)
• Tłı̨chǫ