national housing strategy

The federal cabinet today is expected to discuss whether to revisit the existing national housing strategy and possibly hold a national housing summit with other levels of government and the private sector in a bid to solve the growing housing crisis across the country.

An annual surtax on houses valued over $1 million could help reduce housing inequality and cool housing markets, a report says.

The federal NDP is pushing the Liberal government to make permanent the emergency COVID-19 benefits it put in place early in the pandemic, arguing in a non-binding motion on a guaranteed livable income that such an effort would help eradicate poverty.

The application process for the government’s National Housing Strategy funds can take up to a year or longer.

Jenny Kwan, who represents the riding of Vancouver East, said she had started to notice that the housing situation in the city was not improving despite her Liberal counterparts saying the program was proceeding well during parliamentary sessions.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pointing to an impending bailout package as a way to help renters affected by COVID-19, though new research suggests hundreds of thousands of households may be in dire financial straits before the federal money arrives.

One of the largest Indigenous-led urban development projects in Canada that proponents hope will rise in the heart of Vancouver is set to double in size with 6,000 units planned.

Despite billions of dollars in new spending over the last four years, the federal Liberals' social-development minister concedes that seniors and families seeking housing and child care are still facing serious cost crunches.

A cross-party group of MPs, flanked by organizations that help veterans in need, made a plea on the eve of the 75th anniversary of D-Day for the government to end veteran homelessness and create a special housing stipend as a key first step.

Affordable housing advocates are hopeful a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid could help put a dent in the city's shortfall.

The federal minister in charge of a decade-long housing strategy says the plan will be based on a "right to housing" as he faces criticism the Liberals are watering down the pledge.

The federal government is offering the first initial hints of how it plans to go about creating a new right to housing, raising more questions about just how far the Trudeau Liberals plan to go with the idea.

The Trudeau government is facing calls to produce its long-awaited plan to help homeless veterans in Canada, after their plight received only a passing mention in the Liberals' new national housing strategy.

The federal government will unveil its highly anticipated national housing strategy today, with the Liberals looking to ease the concerns of Canadians who fear being priced out of the market.

The federal Liberals' are sending signals that they are ready to make a right to housing part of its national housing strategy.