Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Member is expressing frustration but in general may not fully comprehend the complexity of the program that we run. The Housing Corporation used to be in a position where we could fund housing units and basically, if an individual, whether senior or a younger person were able to show that they could run the house we basically used to be able to give it to them. The funding was there.
In the recent past as I have said over and over again, the federal government cut the funding very drastically for housing and, in fact, eliminated a large portion of our housing projects. We have been put in a position where we have had to find creative ways of financing of finding individuals who can make mortgage payments. The basic test is, you want to simplify that, if an individual can show us that they can pay off a mortgage, can afford to run a home, but cannot raise the full cost of building the home, we will pay, anywhere from five percent to 70 percent of the construction of the house, then it is up to that individual to make the payments.
As I said, we do have a concern in a long-term commitment to these people to counsel them, to work with them and we will be in contact with these clients that the Member is referring to.