Trudeau receptive to $12.6-billion social housing request, mayors say

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Canada’s big-city mayors are expressing optimism that the 2017 federal budget will pledge billions for affordable housing after a private meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has asked Ottawa to devote $12.6-billion of the $20-billion already pledged for “social” infrastructure to social and affordable housing.

The request was initially met with skepticism late last year from federal officials, including the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., the federal housing authority. However, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said that the mayors received positive signals Friday morning on the request for $12.6-billion.

“I was very, very, very happy to hear the Prime Minister say today that their investments in social housing, they think, will come in close to what the FCM is asking for. If that’s actually true, that will be an unprecedented investment in affordable housing across the country,” he said.

In Ontario alone, 171,360 households are waiting for rent-geared-to-income housing, according to the most recent data released by the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association.
Trudeau receptive to $12.6-billion social housing request, mayors say

Housing for the little people at last.
 

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