Thank you.
I know there are other meetings of this committee that will look at housing, but I think that's a significant issue that we need to explore. Often we hear about individuals who are socially isolated. With good intentions, often housing for seniors is moved into rural areas or into suburban areas where the land and development costs are cheaper. That really isolates seniors from the assets, such as transportation, that they need to be connected to. With the increase in housing costs, we're seeing pressure on seniors. They're having to move from the current places where they live.
We're very supportive of explorations into creative new ways for housing. Certainly housing subsidies make a big difference for individuals on fixed incomes without housing assets. There are also innovative private approaches, for example co-housing or other things, where individuals can be encouraged to share parts of their living space and live more cheaply. We're very supportive of that.