Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the Nunakput region, an average of 37 per cent of households had housing programs, while an average of 20 per cent of households were in core need.

That means it falls below at least one of the acceptable standards for adequacy, affordability, and suitability, and the household would have to spend more than 30 per cent of its income to achieve suitable housing. While these rates are still too high, I do congratulate the Housing Corporation because both the rates have largely gone down since the last community housing survey in 2009, but separate from quality of existing housing, we also know there's a big availability gap.

Mr. Speaker, we've heard from the Minister that, in the Northwest Territories overall, there are likely approximately 600 families on the public housing waiting list. That's roughly one third of the number of households already using public housing. We all know that we are staring down the barrel of this huge challenge, Mr. Speaker.

In fact, here in the House I talked about how availability affects Nunakput residents, homes for singles and single-parent families, and housing for emergencies like women seeking shelter from male violence and Northerners seeking respite from homelessness.

Mr. Speaker, I will have questions for the Minister of Housing later on. Quyanainni, Mr. Speaker.