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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@B4FFYKG2wks2W
Not enough homes to start. They need a variety of housing, coops, subsidy hardworking minimum wage families to get a home. No down-payment for young families or seniors (firt time home buyers), no corporate or multi home buyers, reduce airbnb,
@B2W3G4Y2mos2MO
Yes but don't take farm land and not if it's for immigrants. Also it is good to do if it's for our own homeless.
@9VKQ9MZ6mos6MO
The government should only subsidize the building of new homes if they can control / keep down the selling price. No public money whatsoever should be going to increase profits for developers.
@9RQNPMR9mos9MO
Yes but not in the cities. Build small self contained communities with a light industry hub especially circular industry. Houses with their own green space and quality of life. Not soul destroying high-rise.
@9RCYQ6B9mos9MO
Only for those who cannot afford a dwelling due to the crazy stupid housing markwt and do not already own property
@9RC2QHKNew Democratic9mos9MO
Yes, but the homes must be affordable, energy efficiant, high density, and accessible to public services.
@9PBL3NP10mos10MO
No, we both cannot afford this right now and I believe that it'll be better to rebuild or repair existing houses instead.
@9GCWMD71yr1Y
This question is tricky because it really depends on the kind of housing they are thinking of building, if it's apartment buildings or modern houses that are going to be expensive for the average Canadian then no, it should not be done because to me that's a unnecessary waste of resources, there's a housing crisis going on at the moment so affordable housing should be the route that's taken
@96KDVXP3yrs3Y
Yes, once the homes are resilient, sustainable and affordable.
@93SCFMN3yrs3Y
Yes, primarily in the form of affordable apartments
@8WJT23T4yrs4Y
yes, as long as it is affordable for those who really need it.
@8VTJP4Z4yrs4Y
Absolutely, if they will be an actually affordable price.
@8VT758W4yrs4Y
That really depends, does canada have the economy to support a rise in housing prices, on the chance of many of those homes being unsold and left to the wayside? the housing issue in NS was bad enough due to the amount of people and the lack of housing, and overprices of ouses that were available and the continuing of ocer pricing of 2 bedroom apartments and houses that siply arent worth as much as they are being priced for and the wadges of the people who had lived in ns not being able to surrport such a rise
@8VS69H54yrs4Y
Only if they are built carbon-net zero
@8VQXV5D4yrs4Y
They should make homes but eco friendly.
@8VQXB9B4yrs4Y
More homes means more pollution
@8VLNS4B4yrs4Y
Yes, In areas where they are required. Eco friendly designs and not just for low income creating “ghettos”
Incentivize the private market on the construction of new homes
@9C5R59S2yrs2Y
No we should subsidize small business loans and mortgages for construction companies to encourage more small town contractors to build homes and help them get started.
@97WDKK82yrs2Y
Yes, but only to house the homeless and not at the expense of farmland or industrial property, green space and historical land
@8ZV7HRD3yrs3Y
It depends on where they are building them, and if it's destroying nature.
@8Y3F8B43yrs3Y
Build home's that are affordeble. There is no point in building homes that only the rich can buy.
@B39TY8H2mos2MO
Get rid of barriers (cost of materials and taxes(lower)) that affect private home building companies so they are more capable of building more quality homes.
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