Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have been trying to deal with the vacancy issue in Tuktoyaktuk for some time now. I was in Tuk about two years ago and recognized some of the problems. One of the problems related to the housing being built in Reindeer Point, and lack of interest by some of the community people to actually move out there. And there were problems with bussing. We hopefully have resolved some of that.

There was an arrears problem with some of the clientele in the community, and I think we're slowly resolving that problem. If a client has arrears, they're not entitled to move into social housing. There was another factor which was the overall cost to renovate some of the houses which were in fairly poor shape.

The district in Inuvik is looking at the matter, and we are looking to try and come up with some way to either use those houses that are available to the maximum we can for the community, because we recognize there are still people in need there. Or, where it's not feasible to either renovate or rent those units, simply tear them down and have some freed-up lots for future construction.