What does that mean for people looking for a home or apartment in Thunder Bay?

So the housing deficit refers to the number of houses that we have per 1,000 usual census residents.

So that means people who, when they fill out the census form, they say, I live in Thunder Bay full-time.

And so we take that number and we look at the number of houses per 1,000 people.

And what we found through this analysis is in 2021, we had a deficit of about 865 homes.

What this means is that we have more people then we have houses, which leads to increased price pressures because the more people that want one thing, the more expensive that that thing can become.

So we see that 865 number based on the 2021 census.

Okay, so what were some of the biggest lessons learned from the Housing Accelerator Fund that helped shape this new action plan?