Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This corporation does know what it's doing and we have vested our money in a way that we're going to definitely make a difference. The project that we took on should have taken a year-and-a-half. We did it in 6.5 months.
Yes, we have nine units occupied. In Tulita, in the one unit that's vacant, we already have an expression of interest by a professional that wants to move back to Tulita.
In Fort Good Hope, we have two units that professionals employed by the Health and Social Services Board are interested in renting. We also have an interest from the land corporation to purchase.
In Fort Liard, we are completing a sales package with the band and also a renewable resource officer.
In Lutselk'e, we have two residents who are interested in purchasing and one of them is a professional. There are two other units being looked at by the Development Corporation.
In Fort Resolution, we have an expression of interest by a Housing Corporation employee and a person who is working at the mine. We also have an expression of interest by a teacher who wants to purchase and another individual who is in public housing.
For us to sit here and make it sound like we are not doing anything when the idea was to establish a market in a non-market community where no one else will go...
We talk about housing needs in the territory. We have some surveys where some communities are accessing almost 80 percent core need and yet we can sit here and ask what we are doing. We have 2,300 public housing units in the Northwest Territories. We've assisted 587 individuals through our EDAP programs and countless other people with independent housing units and making sure seniors stay in their own homes. I find it hard to sit here and hear that nothing is happening and we don't know what we are doing.
The bottom line is, under phase two, we can prove that we can bring down the cost by 50 percent compared to a stick-built to make it more affordable for people in communities.
So we can sit here and argue, but I would just like to state for the record that if we want to meet our core need in this territory, the numbers we are talking about are $450 million to deal with the housing crisis we have in the Northwest Territories. We try to make attempts to deal with housing issues, deal with housing problems and that is what you are up against.
I would like to state, for the record, I am very proud of the corporation and the people we have working for us they have done everything they can to deal with the housing situation we are in with the limited dollars we have. Thank you.