Mr. Speaker, what the evidence has shown is that housing first is the best way to eliminate and to help end homelessness. What we have done with our HPS is allowed flexibility so that some of the funding would go toward housing first but that there would be some funding available for the more traditional ways to address homelessness.
We believe that is the best way to use this money. As we have spent over $600 million to fight homelessness, we want it to be evidence based at the same time as allowing flexibility for different parts of the country to address homelessness as they see fit.