Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a reply to a question that was asked by Mr. Titus Allooloo on March 6, 1996 regarding the protection from rental increases for public housing tenants.
Mr. Speaker, the rent scale is the protection for social housing tenants. Rents are based on a tenant's income. Therefore, if a tenant's income changes, the rent charged also changes. In market housing, the rent is a fixed amount set by the landlord, regardless of a tenant's income. There is no protection if a tenant's income decreases. In social housing, if a tenant's income decreases, their rent will also decrease. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.