Although a good, affordable home is one of the most important social determinants of health and investing in housing not only takes pressure off of the health care system but is good for the economy, federal and provincial housing funding continues to be insufficient to meet the province’s need for new affordable housing and maintain existing homes.
“Ontario Budget 2012 – What to look for: Affordable Housing,” provides an overview of the current fiscal landscape for affordable housing in the province, details the recommendations for increased housing investments included in the recently released Drummond Report on provincial spending, and sets out what we should be seeing both in the provincial budget and in the year ahead if the province really is committed to taking the health and well-being of Ontarians and the Ontario economy seriously.