Mr. Chairman, one of the basis for the capital allocation in the communities is the community survey. Housing needs survey is the component of that. I think we try to tailor this coming up infrastructure delivery on part of the core need. There are also things that are taken into consideration, the priorities of the community leadership, whether it be homeownership or public housing.
The Member is right; we do have some communities that don’t have LHOs. We are finding that with some of the units that we are going to convert into public housing are in communities that have no LHOs. We are always open to partnerships.
We have had some discussions with some of the communities where the Aboriginal government there are able to provide us with some services, be it administration if they are able to do some of the maintenance, we will enter into a partnership agreement with them. That way it is easier for us as a corporation because we don’t have to be bringing people into that community. The opportunity is there to work out partnerships with communities and there are a few other factors we take into consideration. Land is always another huge factor. The program intake, some communities may have more applicants than others. The needs survey plays a large part. I know the numbers in the past needs survey didn’t reflect very well. It went from 16 to 19 percent, but I have said a couple of times I am quite confident that if we were to do another needs survey, then I think we will see a decline in the numbers. I am quite confident in that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.