Communities in the Northwest Territories (NWT) rely on the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) to guide building design and performance standards. However, the NBC does not account for extreme northern climates, particularly the effects of rapid arctic warming and permafrost thaw, on infrastructure. As a result, many buildings that were constructed on stable permafrost are now settling at their foundations due to thaw. This settlement can lead to the degradation of a building’s structural members and building envelope, reducing building efficacy and placing occupants at risk. This project is conducted in collaboration with Housing NWT, contributing to their ongoing Climate Change Risk Analysis initiative to assess vulnerabilities and develop climate-resilient housing standards across the territory. The study methodology includes permafrost modelling in GeoStudio with IPCC climate scenarios to estimate the maximum bounds of projected foundation movement. Following this, a typical Housing NWT design is modeled in SAP2000 to simulate stress re-distribution in a housing unit under the projected worst-case scenario of foundation movement. Furthermore, seismic design strategies are being considered as analogues for possible building envelope repairs in shifting environments, alongside the consideration of local material availability. The objective of this study is to create a series of design repairs, routed in building science technologies and structural engineering practices, to assist Housing NWT in the development of adaptive measures to help mitigate housing degradation due to thawing permafrost.