Can we now turn to 2-166, district operations, grants and contributions, contributions, $23.494 million. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is more detail here in terms of what is involved in our contributions to district operations. There's all sorts of things in here. In the area called minor capital contributions, Mr. Chairman, this is GNWT funding to assist families and communities for the provision of social housing. So quite a catchall here. A couple of things that stand out, Mr. Chairman, one of the things that committee looks for are the variances from year to year to see what was going on and there's a variance here, Mr. Chairman, in the area under rental programs, maintenance and improvement. Two years ago it was $5.2 million. This current year, Mr. Chairman, it's $2.4 million. It's dropping down to $718,000. Those are significant declines, Mr. Chairman, in the area of maintenance and improvement and I'm wondering if the Minister could provide some explanation of that variance. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, M r. Braden. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It has been reduced from the rentals program maintenance and improvement, but we'll find the offsetting increase in the major M and I, which is in the infrastructure fund. So it's just a way we categorize these things.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For a little more certainty, could the Minister direct me where in the budget detail is that reallocation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Handley.

Mr Chairman, it is included on page 176 and it is somewhat buried and it would be difficult to pull it out.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, no. At the ground level, it makes no difference at all. They still get the money. It's just categorized differently in our estimates.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Okay. I guess. Thank you. Trust us.

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One other line if we are looking at these variances here, this one changes and we are actually going in the opposite direction now in the area of residential rehabilitation assistance. We are going from about $190,000 last year to $420,000 this year. What is the justification for that increase of a little bit more than double under residential rehabilitation assistance, Mr. Chair?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. These are federal programs, first of all. What's happened is we were historically spending more, or the LHOs were, on emergency repair programs, but experience has shown that they are now spending more money on the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program. So this accounting is tracking where they are spending the money.

Thank you, Mr Handley. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know that two years ago, the allocation under that heading was just over $700,000. We dropped down to $200,000 and now it's at $420,000. So there is a lot of play going on there.

Mr. Chairman, on another line, Disabled Residential Rehabilitation Program, the current allocation in the budget is for $10,000. It was last year as well. If you go back two years, it was $43,000. That's a considerable dip in this current year and it's been maintained at $10,000, Mr. Chairman. What is the uptake on this expenditure? It has decreased considerably from two years ago and is not changing. What is the uptake, Mr. Chairman?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.

Mr. Chairman, that is a figure that is used depending on client needs. So again it has to be an estimate of what we think we might need. Again, we don't know how many people will need the Disabled Residential Rehabilitation Program, so we put in a figure of $10,000. If we found a situation in a region where suddenly we had more clients, we would have to look elsewhere in the Housing Corporation to try to find some money to meet those needs, but there is no way of predicting what the need is going to be.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to ask the Minister on the budget item of miscellaneous, it has $800,000. In a brief summary, the items add up to $800,000 in terms of programs or services. What are the expenditures? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The $800,000 is funding that we use to fund YACCS for the new seniors' housing units.