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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@9P39F5F10mos10MO
They should build more affordable housing. Not just for homeless people but majority of young people struggle to live in houses
@9F8CVCN2yrs2Y
Subsidize the building of AFFORDABLE homes available only to those below a certain income.
Yes, but only to house the homeless, and not at the expense of farmland and green space.
@9CMPRSZ2yrs2Y
focus on the housing crisis
@9BN23J3New Democratic2yrs2Y
No single family dwellings, affordable dense multifamily homes.
@95V2Q8Y3yrs3Y
Yes but there is many other regulation to fix too
@93KZB8D3yrs3Y
the government needs to stop building expensive luxury condos in major cities, and focus on building affordable, accessible housing.
@923H7T53yrs3Y
Yes, given that this does not drastically raise housing prices in the areas
@8YYHV6VNew Democratic3yrs3Y
Yes, but ensure that they cannot be purchased by landlords or corporations
@8YQ3LJJ3yrs3Y
Yes but to house the homeless only and not at the expense of farmland and green space
@8YB8J6N3yrs3Y
Yes but not at expense of farmland and greenspace and only for those earning below a certain income including the homeless.
@8Y77BZY3yrs3Y
Only if it is for people who are homeless or poor, and not at the expense of farmland and does not require deforestation
@8VTB9C24yrs4Y
Yes, if it's affordable.
@8VSKZ454yrs4Y
Build homes but make them affordable
@8VRZY3V4yrs4Y
Where, for whom, and at what cost to home buyers and tax payers?
@8VRRWV24yrs4Y
There is a cap on how many homes a home owner can own.
@8VRNNDS4yrs4Y
No. They're destroying animals habitats by doing that!!!
@8VP78HL4yrs4Y
Only if the are specifically for low income
Yes, and the government should build more than 1.4 million new units of non-market housing
@8VM7GRMNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Only if it is affordable, public housing.
@8VLJ4NM4yrs4Y
Yes but only if they're affordable homes
@9BK2KLWNew Democratic2yrs2Y
Repair and rebuild existing houses and properties, make more affordable housing for low-income and homeless people.
@96RDSJSNew Democratic2yrs2Y
I do not support the subsidization of private homes, but rather more midsized rental apartments.
@8ZJNVP53yrs3Y
no reclaim the property of landlords and give it to the people who live there
@8YVCKGD3yrs3Y
Yes but primarily in Indigenous communities/low income
@8VNQR4J4yrs4Y
Yes, if those houses are reasonably priced for lower income folk
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