First, to increase the leadership role for the national Government, including giving greater priority to housing as a key determinant of the quality of life, investing in housing as a key economic factor, committing to an active role for the State in intervening to make the market work and developing a strategic approach to housing with a clear vision of the desired objectives and involving all government levels; Second, to make changes to the legislative and institutional set-up with particular regard to development sites and infrastructure, the local authorities' role in housing, the technical quality and maintenance of buildings, residents' associations in condominiums, the threat of eviction, the coordination of strategy and action, and the refocusing of NHA; Third, to strengthen education and training in a variety of areas, including raising the awareness of apartment owners regarding their responsibility for maintenance, and the value of their homes as an asset to be enhanced and used, and the professionalization of housing activities, including management and the construction industry; Fourth, to undertake changes related to the financing of housing, including the switch from supply-side subsidies to targeted demand-side interventions, to undertake changes in the taxation/mortgage system for private households who invest in construction and refurbishment, to introduce a new financial (fiscal) regime to support local authorities' roles in construction and housing management, to redeploy NHA resources so that they are used only to facilitate the building of housing that would otherwise not be provided; Fifth, to undertake actions in regard to the existing housing stock, including a
d) Quatrièmement, introduire des changements dans le financement des logements, en remplaçant notamment les subventions du côté de l'offre par des interventions ciblées du côté de la demande, réformer le système de taxes et d'hypothèques pour les ménages qui investissent à titre privé dans des travaux de construction et de rénovation, adopter un nouveau régime financier (fiscal) pour renforcer le rôle des autorités locales dans la construction et la gestion des logements, réaffecter les ressources de l'Administration nationale du logement de manière à ce qu'elles servent uniquement à faciliter la construction de logements qui ne pourraient être offerts autrement;