Thank you very much.
Mr. Chair, I want to thank the honourable member for pointing out the success of our efforts, which are based on really trusting the communities. When you look at the over 5,000 projects delivered by over 1,000 community organizations across the country, we provide them the support, but they're the ones who are on the front lines providing these services, and these services are making a difference.
I think what the Auditor General highlighted was that we need to do more work to enable those organizations to build the capacity to collect more granular data on the impact they're having on the ground, but make no mistake: These programs are making a difference. Particularly, they performed even better than expected during COVID. They saved a lot of lives by introducing health measures, procuring more space, procuring PPE and health professionals and enabling people to actually stay safe during that really difficult time.
We will continue working with those grassroots organizations. As I said, they deliver 5,000 projects across the country, but we also have to have permanent housing solutions. Through programs like the rapid housing initiative, we've been able to provide 100% capital funding to build deeply affordable homes for the most vulnerable: people who are either experiencing homelessness or are at risk of experiencing homelessness. We've been able to provide funding for the rapid construction of units that are then supported through wraparound supports by other orders of government or other partners.
That model really works, and it has resulted in a lot of people being able to find deeply affordable homes and being taken off the streets.