Affordable Housing

Helping tenants through the crisis while we wait for new affordable non-market homes

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Helping tenants through the crisis while we wait for new affordable non-market homes The Maytree Foundation has recently proposed permanent housing benefits to bridge the gap between low incomes and high rents. The benefits would need to be supported by improved rent controls, including an end to unlimited increases when tenancies change, to limit rent … Read more

Doug Ford is right—and wrong—about his housing and homelessness funding 

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Premier Doug Ford likes to brag that his government has invested more to deal with homelessness than any previous Ontario government. He’s right. But what he doesn’t say is that his governments’ total investments for homelessness and housing haven’t grown (except during the pandemic), so that as homeless investments have grown, investments in new supportive … Read more

Housing plays a key role in major federal parties’ responses to the Trump tariffs 

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It is heartening to see that all four major federal parties believe increasing housing construction is an important part of Canada’s response to the Trump threats and tariffs. Among other measures to tackle the crisis of housing affordability, our Affordable Housing Team has been advocating for, at minimum, doubling the supply of affordable non-profit and … Read more

Housing protection and investments must be a big part of Canada’s response to American tariffs

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A comprehensive plan to protect against loss of housing, build more non-profit housing and create resiliency in the construction industry must be a major part of Canada’s response to the economic fallout from the Trump tariffs, according to a coalition of four national housing organizations. The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Canadian Housing and Renewal … Read more