I want to acknowledge that the $4 billion that's been spent over the last five years has absolutely helped improve conditions for many, but the need is so much greater than that.
When it comes to scoping, this audit was looking at just the first nations communities, and there are no reserves, as you mentioned, in some of the territories. Nunavut has no reserves. There are two in the Northwest Territories, which were eligible for this program starting, I think, in 2022. That's when they were eligible to start accessing some of the funding. Also, the Yukon has no reserves, so it's a very complex legislative environment.
They were excluded because this was about funding to communities on reserves. In my office, in 2022, I did look at homelessness, the national housing strategy and the access that certain indigenous communities can have to those programs. We looked more precisely at Yukon housing in 2023, and it is our intention to look at housing in the Northwest Territories in 2024.
As you may know, I am also the Auditor General for the three territories, and we recognize that housing is a concern that is top of mind for many people across our country. We are making sure that we can do our part by looking at how each level of government is tackling this. That's within the jurisdiction, obviously, of my mandate.