To bring the standards to a healthy, safe status within communities is with codes, I believe. With regard to the new standards, I'm not too sure if it's like building a new home and putting plastic wrap around it—and I'm not a builder—but with the mould issues that we have within the affordable housing rentals in our community, it's not sufficient.
To be able to repair and renovate those units is costly with regard to all of the wages and the supplies needed to complete and make those units safe and healthy again. The emotional impact of living in a dilapidated unit is demoralizing, and that mental health component is what I factor in to healthy communities.
Thank you.