Mr. Bill Griffin:

We all are obsessed and exercised and are using lots of resources to describe what I would call the whole elephant. The simplest way of looking at this problem is to think of one homeless person, such as the young lady referred to earlier, ask what would she needs to be housed tonight. If HAP levels are not at market rent level, she is at a disadvantage and, therefore, one should bring that up. One cannot get pre-approval for HAP or rent supplement so when one goes to a landlord, one must go back to the Department of Social Protection to say one found a property but ten weeks later when one gets approval, the property is gone. One must have the correct levels and one must be able to get pre-approval. These are all emergency crisis measures that can be applied on an individual basis. While we all are considering the elephant, the elephant is made up of individuals and every family we get out of a hotel is another solution. One should apply it like that, by taking a personal approach to the human being. That will lead on to instructions, legislation, telling Departments how this will work and telling providers, such as us, what we are supposed to do. To be honest, it is not so complex.