Liberals promise to prioritize seniors in new housing strategy, but advocates press for more details

While the 2017 budget listed seniors as a priority group that would benefit from the new national housing strategy, an advocate for federal pensioners warns it's 'short on specifics.'

The government's budget for 2017 promised big money for affordable housing, but most of it is scheduled to be delivered after the next election.Photograph by MS Anthea courtesy of Flickr

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

May 3, 2017

Advocates are applauding the Trudeau government for prioritizing seniors in its promised national housing strategy, but they want more details on plans to address housing precariousness for older Canadians. The federal Liberals earmarked $11.2-billion over 11 years to build, renew, and repair aff...

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