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The forthcoming program is still under discussion with CMHC, but we do have some thoughts about how to make rural housing development more workable in the context of the national housing strategy program.
That could look like a couple of things. One is enabling the co-op sector to take a portfolio approach to realizing new co-op homes across the country. Developing a stand-alone co-op in a rural area has its challenges, but by taking a portfolio approach of having a community of co-operatives across many communities in a shared governance structure, we are seeing the viability of rural development increase as a result of that, particularly with some success in Nova Scotia lately.
The other piece is that there's a significant equity gap in the financing and the contributions available in a lot of the national housing strategy program. There is financing available, but in order to make projects viable and have a reasonable affordability level, a deeper level of grant or contribution can help with project viability.
And then a third feature is—