You're echoing comments we heard from the communities we met when we were doing this audit. They highlighted a few things for us. They said the complexity of the number of programs and the complexity of the applications were a barrier to them accessing funding. They felt that when they could access funding, it was typically very slow to flow to them.
There is a lack of really meaningful engagement. There's engagement in order to apply, but not really engagement to appreciate the needs of a community holistically. That's why I think we need a real fundamental shift instead of just saying, “Here's a program for certain types of funding.” We have decades of proof when it comes to housing that while it helps some, it's leaving 80% of the needs unmet. Something different needs to happen.