In 2017, The Canadian government announced that it would allocate C$40 billion (US$31.6 billion) to a national housing plan to alleviate the severe lack of affordable housing. This includes building 100,000 affordable housing units, repairing another 300,000 social units that already exist and reducing homelessness by 50%.
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@9JX2LP81yr1Y
No, we need to rebuild and repair pre-existing homes as well as reduce the number of vacant homes by creating stricter laws around vacancy.
@95K5YQG3yrs3Y
We should actively aim to build more housing for Canadians as we're going to need it in the future to help solve the affordability crisis, but also welcome new residents to Canada. I also worry about government organizations doing this entirely by themselves, as we've seen government often neglect services like this. Not to say that the private sector is any better, as there are problems with homeowner's associations within apartments/condos and gated communities that have to wait years to get something fixed, but at least there's the option of moving out or actively finding solutions to repair things so that they don't get neglected. So yes, we should build housing but we should be very cautious in how we implement it, and make sure that we're not causing new problems in doing so.
@93FG53G3yrs3Y
I would say that it should be a mix of all three of these answers. If it houses the homeless, that's always good to get someone a safe place to live. If it is within a city, and trying to make the downtown area more densified, that's always a good thing for the environment, and we should also encourage people to open up their homes to people looking to rent, within reason as they don't always feel safe doing so. But yes, I would say building 1.4 million homes is a good idea, as we are going to need them, and though it might not solve everything with the affordability crisis, we can at least increase demand, and do other things like stopping speculation buying.
@8ZRFPJK3yrs3Y
Yes, not at the expense of farmland or Green space. Additionally, new homes should contain multi family homes and mixed use developments, and should be constructed in a non-car-dependent "walkable" manner connected to public transit.
@8ZDZXXC3yrs3Y
house the homeless and don't build on farmland or forestry
@8VSTR5N4yrs4Y
Yes but affordable housing not lux condos
@8VPYFGDNew Democratic4yrs4Y
they should as long as it is low-income housing that is affordable for everyone.
@8VPXPGTNew Democratic4yrs4Y
yes, 1.4 million new affordable homes.
@8VLG64N4yrs4Y
Yes, but ensure a large chunk of the new homes are also affordable housing.
@8VL3PKF4yrs4Y
yes as long as they plan on building more schools to support the families that move.
@98F4ZWW2yrs2Y
Deregulate to encourage the construction of new homes
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