Mr. Michael Layde:

On the demand for social housing being met when a person enters the HAP scheme, the principle exists already in the RAS. The logic behind it is that people entering HAP will become social housing tenants and will be the responsibility of the housing authority. They will have all housing options open to them, the same as any other social tenant who is the responsibility of a housing authority. In that sense, it is felt that their housing need will be met in an immediate sense, and they will be allowed other options in social housing later on.