Human Resources committee  It was a topic of discussion, and I confirmed to the board that I agreed with the recommendations made by the Auditor General and that I was committed to the action plans that were articulated in that report.

Human Resources committee  CMHC is responsible for funding the capital expenditure required for housing for homelessness issues. Infrastructure, the department we work very closely with, is responsible for the Reaching Home program. To achieve the chronic homelessness targets requires CMHC and Infrastructure Canada to work very closely together, but, because of the nature of homelessness, it also requires very close collaboration between all levels of government and non-profit groups, and we are committed to doing that to ensure that collectively we can eliminate homelessness in Canada.

Human Resources committee  CMHC is accountable for the national housing strategy and its targets. For this particular target, we have to work in very close collaboration with the homelessness department within Infrastructure Canada. There are also other levels of government and non-profit organizations.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, there are a number of different programs under the national housing strategy.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to turn it over to Simon Lahoud, who's going to give a bit more information about the affordability. Affordability is part of the program design that is intended to meet certain policy objectives. As I mentioned, the national coinvestment fund funds deeply affordable housing, but it also provides support for market housing, so that different levels of rent can offset each other to provide projects that are financially viable for the proponents.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, we'll provide the data, as requested. Thank you.

Human Resources committee  As I mentioned previously, we are very grateful to the Auditor General for her comments. We've agreed to an action plan to address the deficiencies that have been identified in the report. On the first subject, of CMHC's not being aware of the vulnerable populations that are being served in the unit, we collect information at the application stage and prioritize applications on the vulnerable groups that are being served.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, the national housing strategy is very significant because it reflects a return of the federal government to investing in social housing after an absence of many decades. In answer to the question from Madame Chabot, the best way to address housing for those most in need is investing in programs like the rapid housing initiative—housing programs that are rich in grants that target vulnerable populations.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I'd like to pass the floor to Nadine Leblanc, who will be best positioned to answer this question.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, one point I'd like to highlight is that through the national housing strategy we support all types of housing developers. We provide grants only to non-profit housing providers and the government. We provide loans in some cases to private developers. I don't have the exact numbers of the breakdown you're talking about, but we can certainly provide that.

Human Resources committee  That is one definition of affordability.

Human Resources committee  As I mentioned, given the nature of the programs, we have different affordability definitions. It depends on the type of housing we're trying to create.

Human Resources committee  It produces a mix of affordable units, depending on the individuals or communities being targeted by a particular project.

Human Resources committee  That was by policy intent. It produces mixed-income communities, with some deeply affordable units and others that are less deeply affordable.

Human Resources committee  We are doing work to make the definitions more aligned with and readily understandable to Canadians. I think there is definitely work that CMHC can do. I think having different affordability definitions has created confusion, and I definitely take that feedback. However, in terms of keeping track of affordable units, we keep track of the units that are being created, the target populations and the level of rents that are being achieved.