The National Housing Collaborative is a group of national housing stakeholders who have developed 4 transformative policy solutions for housing affordability.
A year ago we celebrated launch of #NationalHousingStrategy. Thrilled re Minister @jyduclos thoughtful note to @NHCHousing on this anniversary. But thanks are all ours: for commitment, for openness, for delivering comprehensive plan & $$$ to back it up #LetsTalkHousing
BREAKING: Historic Canada affordable housing agreement aligns fed/provincial/territorial govs on shared outcomes re core housing need. Includes cost-sharing for new portable housing benefit & renewed strategy for supply & repairs. Kudos @jyduclos@PeterMilczyn#LetsTalkHousing
Thrilled to see the visionary @DBallant appointed as Chair of @CMHC_ca - he was a critical part of our work over the last two years and will provide forward-thinking leadership. Kudos, @jyduclos https://t.co/vHYUlnZsuM
Pleased to announce the new @cmhc_ca board of
Directors that will be bringing an array of leadership skills to CMHC, which
will be of tremendous value to our National Housing Strategy. https://t.co/7EDPMoiBtK
Vancouver City Hall just approved more rental and social housing units - 477 - in a single day than most cities do in a year. Plus $45M grant to expand Community Land Trust to 2 more sites. https://t.co/Hy8SvYW9CV #vanpoli
Great panel on @TheAgenda talking #nationalhousingstrategy. @EvergreenCanada’s Michelle German highlights how housing investments will pay off in reduced healthcare, and other costs.
“The federal government invests billions of dollars annually to support private home ownership. Spending on affordable housing and supports for low-income Canadians has declined considerably since the 90s." -Canadian Observatory on Homelessness https://t.co/Nbeta4qSgB
If renters are feeling squeezed, it's because they are. New @CMHC_ca data shows rent increases (2.7%) significantly outpaced inflation (1.4%) in the last year. https://t.co/NgaH68GKTr #housing#cdnpoli
Canada releases first ever National Housing Strategy; a 10-year, $40 B plan. Hear @CMHC_ca’s CEO @ewsiddall explain how it was designed at #NHCsydney: https://t.co/T7s5a5YinQ https://t.co/qf1BMC575c
The #NationalHousingStrategy reflects FCM’s recom on committing to repair social housing. This will keep families in their homes & help secure tmrw's housing supply. https://t.co/6gBpvzOpFA #CDNmuni
A portable housing benefit is essential in successfully addressing homelessness @metromorning: that's one reason why a new Canada Housing Benefit is such good news https://t.co/VJW0sTZPNx #HousingFirst#NationalHousingStrategy
Housing rights are human rights: We will enshrine into
Law the req to maintain a #NationalHousingStrategy that targets the needs of
the most vulnerable among us and report on the results it produces. @jyduclos#NationalHousingDay
BREAKING NEWS: The federal government just announced a much-anticipated portable housing benefit for low-income tenants. Our own @pedrobarataTO tells us what it means: https://t.co/Hq5cZaBPbN