Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regarding the utilization of the CARE program, this is certainly one area that the Housing Corporation is continuing to review along with all the other programs within the corporation through this strategic renewal initiative. The past several years, the Housing Corporation has noted a decline since the 2012-2013 delivery season, when there were about 102 homeowners supported through that program.
Currently in 2016-2017, the most recent audited actuals, obviously as reflected here, there was a total support of $823,000, so that's only 19 per cent of the total available budget. Based on utilization and the less uptake, this was identified as an area for a reduction or fiscal. Sorry, Mr. Chairman, just a second. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To add to that, as part of the review, there is changes now being implemented in the area of the CARE Major to remove the co-pay requirement. This was identified as one of the limitations to the program, that contributed to less uptake.
The Housing Corporation is expecting, with this adjustment, as well as others as the programs are reviewed, the uptake for the coming year will be a lot more. The $2 million now established for 2018-2019 will be sufficient going forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.