Housing
One of the principles of "Healthy Communities" in the Bathurst Mandate is that "Building the capacity of communities will strengthen Nunavut" (Government of Nunavut 1999, p3). This means that, an increased level of housing would give the region extra capacity to expand its population, which can only help the region to become successful if it is met with a productive increase as well.
Housing is listed as one of the two primary commitments of the government in the Bathurst Mandate. As a 2020 aim under "Healthy Communities", the mandate says that "families and individuals in Nunavut have fair access to a range of affordable housing options"(Government of Nunavut 1999, p3). There are many reports of overcrowding in Inuit homes. Statistics Canada in its 2001 report recorded that 54% of Inuit homes were overcrowded (Bell 2004). One report cited in Légaré (2008) says that there are incidences of "15 people living in a three bedroom house, three generations in one house" (Légaré 2008, p354).
The Nunavut government hoped to secure $1.9 billion for the building of new homes in 2004, as their funding only covered building 50 homes a year "whilst the need is at about 270 units a year" (Bell 2004) for the next 10 years to maintain stock with population growth. Steps have been taken by the Nunavut government to increase the stock of housing for the people in Nunavut, but only so much can be done.
Without such significant investment by the Canadian government or some external investor, without investment other ways to end the problem would be an increase of the royalties to the Nunavut government from the resources exploited in the co-managed crown lands and waters.