Affordable housing

Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa is enthusiastic about the B.C. government's announcement of a 15 per cent tax on foreign nationals looking to buy homes in Vancouver's expensive housing market.

A human rights-based policy would include eliminating discrimination in housing programs, setting measurable goals and timelines to reduce poverty and it could help hold government accountable.

Co-operative housing providers are being given a multi-million-dollar financial boost by the federal government to help thousands of low-income tenants stay in their homes.

In a report issued Wednesday, the OECD said the possibility of a housing market correction, particularly in those two markets, could threaten the country’s financial stability.

Robert Brown, the founder of Catalyst Community Development, has some ideas about how non-profit housing should work. And he's putting them into practice.