I believe that once we go through the main estimates, it will be identified on page 8-30 of our budget. Again, as the Member mentioned, it is important to realize that, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, we're spending well in excess $33 million on housing construction this year. We are hoping to deliver some 158 units into our communities. Almost one-third of our budget, excluding the social funding aspect, goes into communities by way of construction of new units.
These are the number of units we are looking at constructing this year. We are expending almost $33 million in that area. In order to meet the demands we have out there, we have to start spending more money on infrastructure, but also realizing that we have to be open minded, that in order for us to meet the goals that we have, there have been motions passed in this House, but also looking at our needs survey, we are well in excess of 1,100 units and we need just to bring our needs survey down below 30 percent.
With the change in the corporation, looking at our mandate, we are starting to restructure ourselves so we are more delivery oriented, ensuring that we have capacity at communities and within the regions to ensure that we are able to deliver these housing programs and also bring down those needs numbers well below 30 percent. That is probably one of the bigger challenges we are facing going forward. By putting 158 units into communities in this fiscal budget is a start; but in order to meet the requirement we are looking for, we are going to need a major influx of capital by way of the federal government or through partnerships or through developing a community arrangement with aboriginal organizations.
We have been looking at those types of agreements, but I think that is something that we have to work at. It is something that, as a government and also as Members realize, through debates in this House and motions passed here in Committee of the Whole, identify the housing crisis that we find ourselves in but also finding unique ways to get out of it. Thank you.