Only Northview can decide when Sunridge residents can return after fire say city officials
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City officials say only Northview Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), the owner of Sunridge Apartments in Yellowknife, can authorize residents to return, following a fire that displaced people from the 25-unit complex.
Five of those units are leased to Housing N.W.T.
The city said the building was "not habitable" after a fire in the building on Thursday. Smoke could be seen billowing up from a bottom floor unit that afternoon and now, the building's first floor is boarded up.
The City of Yellowknife's director of public safety does not have authority to grant tenants access to the building, said spokesperson Saxon Chung. Only Northview can permit tenants back into the building, he said.
In an e-mail on April 2, the territory's regional director for Northview, Colleen Wellborn, said it was working with local authorities and affected residents after the fire.
At the time of the fire, 20 of its units in Sunridge were occupied.
Wellborn said it is coordinating with residents to grant them access to the building to retrieve their belongings.
"We have been in contact with all lessees [leaseholders] of the building and are assured that all affected have secured temporary accommodation," she said.
Yellowknife Housing Authority staff are working to house residents displaced from the Housing N.W.T. units said Aurora Nind, a spokesperson for the organization, in an email Monday.
Those residents were put up in hotels over the weekend. Yellowknife's fire chief informed Northview the building must be vacated, said Nind.
Northview is responsible for removing fire debris from the building, said Nind.
Wellborn said Northview was working with safety officials to assess the smoke damage and "determine next steps for restoring the building."
"Our primary concern remains the safety and well-being of our residents," she wrote.
Wellborn said the company was "working diligently to assist all displaced residents in securing safe and stable housing as quickly as possible.
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