We are ad idem with regard to maintaining housing stock and a sense of ownership while ensuring able people remain in their communities. I have attended numerous public meetings at which forms were handed out and I was stunned on one or two occasions because successful, upstanding people were found to be illiterate and this caused great embarrassment. However, this makes me mindful that other social issues must be addressed so that communities can develop and individuals can be assisted with their own development. If the core is removed from a community, it is left with people who might not have the confidence or the skills to participate fully in the life of the communities and who are fearful of becoming involved for various reasons.