Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation is making progress with repairs and renovations to the 143 provincially owned vacant housing units.

As of January 12, work is complete on 81 of the 143 units, repairs or renovations are underway on another 48 projects, and work is complete on all units in the Western Region.

In the Eastern Region, of the 85 vacancies in October, work is complete on 52, work is in progress on 29 units and four have not been assigned.

In the Central Region, 11 of the 15 vacancies are now completed and four are in progress.

In the Western Region, all 12 vacancies have been completed.

Of the 31 vacancies in Labrador, six are completed, 15 are in progress and 10 are not yet assigned.