The Ontario government has put up the scaffolding for a long-term affordable housing strategy, but there’s plenty of unfinished business for Queen’s Park as it seeks to build a truly comprehensive plan to ensure everyone has access to a healthy, affordable home. There are no targets, timelines and no new housing investments. After six months […]
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Housing Checklist – How does Ontario's LTAHS measure up?
As the provincial government releases their plan for affordable housing, we thought it might be helpful to share a checklist to track whether or not the Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy measures up.
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Home ownership slightly more affordable, but not affordable enough: RBC Economics
Home ownership is slightly more affordable, according to the latest home ownership affordability survey released by RBC Economics this morning, but ownership is still not very affordable for tenant households. For instance, RBC Economics reports that a Canadian homeowner would have to pay 39% of their average weekly earnings for a typical bungalow – a drop […]
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Minister of Housing needs to deliver provincial housing plan: Housing Network of Ontario
Housing and homeless advocates across Ontario have begun counting down the final days of fall, eagerly awaiting the promised release of Ontario’s first long-term affordable housing strategy. “We are holding the Minister of Housing to his promise that low-income Ontarians can expect a plan before the cold days of winter, after the government missed their […]
National housing plan legislation passes another vote in Commons: One step closer to passage
With a vote of 141 (yea) and 132 (nay), draft legislation to create a national housing plan for Canada moved another step forward in the Commons last night. The national housing plan bill won the support of NDP, Liberal and Bloc MPs at yesterday’s vote, but was opposed by the federal housing minister, Diane Finley, and […]
All eyes on Parliament as MPs vote on C-304 (national housing plan) Wednesday
All eyes are on Parliament on Wednesday as Members of Parliament vote on C-304, a private member’s bill from MP Libby Davies that would require the federal government to consult widely and create a national affordable housing plan within six months. This is the closest Canada has come to a truly comprehensive national affordable housing […]
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Hidden emergency: Poor housing leading to poor health for many Canadians
Precarious housing is a ‘hidden emergency’ that is affecting the health of a large number of Canadians, and the population health of the entire nation, according to a powerful new research report from the Health and Housing in Transition Study (HHiT). “The number of people experiencing the devastating health outcomes associated with inadequate housing could be staggering […]
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Commons wraps third reading debate on national housing bill as NDP, Lib, Bloc all back C-304
Good news: Another step forward in the campaign to create a comprehensive affordable housing plan for Canada. The House of Commons has wrapped up debate on the third, and final, reading of Bill C-304 – a private member’s bill from MP Libby Davies that would require the federal government to create a comprehensive national housing […]
Canada inching closer to national housing plan as Commons' vote looms
Canada is inching closer to a long overdue and much-needed national affordable housing plan. Bill C-304, draft legislation to create a national plan that was proposed by Libby Davies, MP for Vancouver East, is back for the second round of debate on third reading on Nov. 18. Then the Commons is scheduled to vote on […]
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Book launch: Persistent Poverty – Voices from the Margins, Dec 2
Persistent Poverty, Voices from the Margins documents the real lives of some of the poorest people living in one of the richest places in the world – people living on welfare in Ontario. It’s the third in a series from the InterFaith Social Assistance Review Committee and the stories are drawn from a tour of […]
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