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Michael Shapcott

Federal Affordable Housing Investments: Critical To National Social And Economic Investment Plans

WI to 2012 federal pre-budget process: Housing investments are critical for social and economic health of Canada

Federal housing investments are critical for the social and economic health of Canada, along with the individual and population health of Canadians. That’s the key message in the submission by the Wellesley Institute to the House of Commons Finance Committee as part of its 2012 pre-budget process. The latest numbers from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation show a continuing erosion of federal housing investments over the next few years, even as the federal government has confirmed that housing investments deliver significant jobs and other economic benefits.

Download Federal Affordable Housing Investments: Pre-Budget 2012 Submission To House Of Commons Standing Committee On Finance
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Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott is Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at Wellesley Institute. Michael has worked extensively in Toronto, in many parts of Canada, nationally and internationally on social innovation, the non-profit sector, civic engagement, housing and housing rights, poverty, social exclusion, urban health and health equity. He is recognized as one of Canada’s leading community-based housing and homelessness experts. He is currently on secondment to the Princes' Charities Canada.

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We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

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