Affordable Housing

In his successful campaign to lead the Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Carney committed to doubling the pace of overall housing construction across the country and also to doubling the number of non-profit community housing units, including co-op units. He put no timeline on the non-profit goal. This congregation’s Affordable Housing Team has been pushing … Read more

A year ago, Mark Carney was a member of the Task Force for Housing & Climate that endorsed a really excellent goal—to “cut the number of households spending more than 30 per cent of their income on shelter costs to zero by 2031.” The blueprint notes that the 2021 Census found more than 3 million … Read more

Three bishops, a United Church regional leader and Rev. Danie have signed a letter that calls for major provincial efforts to preserve existing affordable housing, to protect tenants, and to fund a huge increase in the number of non-profit and co-op housing units in Ontario. The letter, drafted by our affordable housing team, has been … Read more

Like the rest of the Canadian economy, housing construction will take a big hit from President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S. and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods coming to Canada. Everything about our economy has become much more uncertain. The Bank of Canada has estimated that the modest (1.8%) economic growth … Read more

Vote, then send 2 quick messages on housing to candidates.   Here are a couple of quick ways to tell candidates in today’s election that you care about housing. Whoever’s running—and especially whoever wins—should hear that message.  Message 1. We need more co-op housing: https://go.chfcanada.coop/webmail/306831/1393065444/99e485c2628e8ee7b74b4bb20b348f275e7e1ab67009408b13175d08bab0c8be Rental co-ops provide mixed-income communities, stable housing, and member control. … Read more