Botched’ renovations in Nunavik homes will cost $100M to fix, lawyers claim – CBC
Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau alleges construction contracts for about 500 homes will need to be redone
July 20, 2018
Nunavik and Quebec’s social housing authorities are suing construction companies for a total of $100 million for alleged faulty renovations in the province’s northern region.
The Société d’habitation du Québec and the Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau filed three lawsuits between August 2017 and February 2018 blaming a dozen construction companies, architects and suppliers.
It’s always raining inside the house through our windows, every window.– Paulusie Saviadjuk, mayor of Salluit
Much of the renovation projects consisted of replacing windows and air and vapour barriers during 2013 and 2014. An estimated 500 homes are affected, according to the three statements of claim filed.
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