Iqaluit, Nunavut (April 10, 2025) – The Nunavut Housing Corporation (NHC) is pleased to celebrate the finished construction of 24 new affordable housing units on the Iqaluit beachfront. This affordable housing project, an investment of $12.8 million, has delivered four six-plexes that contain 24 new housing units, including four one-bedroom units and 20 two-bedroom units.

“This project is a great example of our efforts to rapidly expand Nunavut’s housing continuum through Igluliuqatigiingniq,” said Lorne Kusugak, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation. “These 24 new units will become homes for families in Iqaluit, seeking to work, live and raise their families here.”

The units were constructed by Birchcliff Development Ltd. at an average cost of $535,000 per unit or $585 per square foot.

“Housing development in the North can be very challenging,” said Eiryn Devereaux, President and CEO of NHC. “We are very proud of this project, which shows we can accelerate housing supply within reasonable construction costs and favourable schedules – in this case, less than 12 months from start to finish.”

NHC will own and operate the buildings as part of its overall housing portfolio. These units will be allocated primarily to GN staff housing to replace the units destroyed in the fire at 1088 Noble House in January of this year.