Mary Cleary, who's lived at NUP for about a year, said that she will have to start saving her money now in order to finance the burden of moving next door to NUP's Tower B.

Four disabled residents of the YWCA side (Tower A) are expected to find accommodation in Tower B. Cleary is currently on a waiting list to get into Tower B and expects to get a room there by the end of the summer.

"Starting at the end of the month, I'm going to start going to yard sales," she said. "They always have good deals."

Cleary said she will lose some of the YWCA furniture she currently uses in her suite when the move takes place. She'll have to buy a bed and some other pieces of furniture.

However, the biggest expense, she said, will be her phone line. She uses the YWCA phone, but will have to get her own when she moves.

"I was told it was going to cost me $300. If I start saving now, I can get a phone. I have to have a phone for medical reasons."

Cleary, who's paralysed on her left side, isn't alone in her fears of instability after being uprooted from her home.

Eric Jensen is worried about how he's going to pay for the change of telephone, cost of buying new furniture, as well as other expenses associated with the relocation.

"Everything is up in the air," said a frustrated Jensen, who uses a scooter to get around because of multiple sclerosis.

"I've got friends to help me get over there (to Tower B)," he said.

Jensen said that he will be given $150 to buy furniture, as well as any other items needed after the move. In addition to a new bed, he will have to buy pots and pans, cutlery and dishes -- materials that are provided where he is now.

"I have my toaster, and I get Meals on Wheels for supper," he said.

Lydia Bardak, executive director for the NWT Council for Disabled Persons, said that she, too, is concerned about the well-being of residents who are losing their apartments.

"What concerns me most is the stress level that people are currently living with because of the uncertainty of where they're going to move and how they're going to afford it," she said.

"Anyone who remains here (NUP) will lose the caring environment the YWCA has always provided."

The YWCA will move to Rockhill Apartments at the end of August, and Aurora College will set up shop at NUP.

"After all these years, why do the students decide where we live?" asked Cleary outside NUP on Monday.