Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here.
The study we are conducting is an important one. The committee will also have another to do, on social housing and affordable housing. We need to find some answers. The crisis is happening everywhere, and in every riding, the issue of the availability of affordable housing and social housing tops the list of demands.
When we adopted the motion to conduct this study, we had not yet received the Auditor General of Canada's report. What the report has shown us since then is rather worrisome: CMHC does not know whether all the housing units being supported by these initiatives are really being occupied by vulnerable people. The studies have even shown that fewer than 5% of new housing units built under the two main programs of the national housing strategy are accessible to people with the greatest needs. That's very troubling.
In the questions I'm asking, I'm not trying to blame anyone, but simply looking for answers.
How can we provide better support to vulnerable people and keep data up to date to ensure that the programs for which you are responsible really meet their needs?