Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, too, would like to talk on the program side. I think that we have to be realistic that we notice there is a decline in grants and contributions. Again, there is definitely an area of need. We’ve seen the latest survey from 2009 which definitely identifies areas of inadequacy, core need, looking at condition ratings and those different forms. I think that we have to be fair to the process. I’ve had constituents complain to me, saying that it’s not fair that you see the same people getting the same programs over and over and over and they’ve been applying year after year, after year and every year that they reapply their homes are deteriorating more every year. I think we have to find a system that’s fair, transparent, but more importantly, that it really meets the adequacy

and the core housing challenges we face in a lot of the communities.

A lot of the houses that we have in our communities were built back in the ‘60s and ‘70s and they are coming into an era where they need major retrofits. I think we have to be realistic that those people require those supports and I think it’s not fair to them that they apply but don’t seem to get the support that the department puts in place.

Again, I think it’s something that we have to be aware of. I’d like to know, do we actually track the core needs by community in regard to the conditions of the houses in those communities and allocate funding accordingly. Thank you.