…affordable housing investments in 2016 and every year after. That cumulative total in lost funding could fully finance the entire development of more than 22,000 affordable homes annually across Canada. Federal housing cuts starting in the late 1980s helped trigger a nation-wide rise in homelessness and a deep and persistent…
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Building Equity Into Ontario’s New Health Care Action Plan
…opportunity must not be lost to ensure that this transformation also contributes to reducing pervasive and damaging inequities in health in the province – we need to build equity into these reforms from the outset. The Minister emphasizes the high proportion of costs attributed to preventable illness. The Action Plan…
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Hiking the rent when doing repairs: Above Guideline Increases in Toronto
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto had been facing a crisis in housing affordability. Furthermore, during the pandemic many renters have lost their employment. Following the lifting of the provincial moratorium, this has put many at risk of arrears debt, and evictions. Rent increases can exacerbate affordability and arrears challenges,…
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New federal housing policy = good jobs, good investment, good homes
…of the recent economic activity, with the number of (high quality) construction jobs rising by 6.1% in 2005. That is almost four times the employment gain seen in the economy as a whole (Chart eight). That momentum will be lost if house prices level off.” So, while the immediate prospect…
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National housing bill suspended – just like Parliament!
…much-needed strategy to create a national housing plan. Housing advocates are concerned that kicking the bill backwards as it was moving so close to final approval will mean that the draft legislation could get lost in the pre-election politicking that will likely consume Parliament on its return in early March….
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COVID-19: Remembering the forgotten
…are emergency response workers, healthcare workers and others like who keep the economy going like warehouse workers, truck drivers and people who work in supermarkets. The Unpaid are those who have been furloughed, have become unemployed or lost a large amount of self-employed income. The Forgotten are groups such as…
Federal budget cuts another $131 million in housing spending on top of big cuts last year
…of other smaller housing investments, are scheduled to be terminated in 2014. None of those recent short-term investments have replaced the amount of funding that was lost with the cancellation of federal housing funding in the 1990s. In addition, inflation, population growth and a growth in the number of Canadians…
TO housing wait list rises to 87,303 households – up 5.7% in past year
…total is a tiny decrease from the 87,486 households on the wait list in December 2012. One reason for the decrease is that Toronto Housing Connections removed 1,117 households from the wait list in January after declaring them ‘inactivated’ – which means that TCH has lost contact with the households….
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Federal Budget 2024: Positive steps, but still no targets
…Housing Fund, Canada Rental Protection Fund, and Reaching Home. Wellesley Institute continues to recommend increasing the number of affordable units, and ensuring these units are not lost. Wellesley Institute focuses on ending chronic homelessness within 10 years as a crucial first step towards ensuring everyone in Canada has a home…
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Housing bill of rights introduced in Canadian Parliament
…Private Member’s Bill, seeks to re-engage the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, along with the community and private sectors in a comprehensive national housing strategy. It’s a powerful and comprehensive piece of legislation that would re-establish a national housing plan that Canada has lost after two decades of funding…
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