People who did not go were automatically charged maximum rent, as I just said. In Tu Nedhe that’s $1,300 to $1,500 for a two-bedroom unit. People who were working at the mines came back from the mines and they were going to go pay their rent of $800 or $900 and realized they had to apply for income support to get the subsidy for the difference. They didn’t go and the rest is history.
The change in the policy has not been good for public housing clients. People who had no arrears, no problems with the Housing Association for years are now facing evictions, arrears, bad debt, whatnot.
Anyway, I will have questions for the Minister of ECE at the appropriate time.