Can we save our affordable housing before it’s too late?

On one hand, inadequate rent control across provinces is leading to high rents and tenant exploitation. On the other hand, big corporate landlords are taking away every affordable housing unit that's left.

Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen. Canada's National Housing Strategy—the key vehicle designed to create affordable housing in recognition of housing as a human right—is insufficient to meet demand for affordable housing, writes Marcia Bryan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARCIA BRYAN

April 27, 2023

As parliamentarians move forward with approving Budget 2023, one issue that was conspicuously absent from the 255-page document is adequate measures to address the housing crisis. While on the one hand, complete lack or inadequate rent control across the provinces is leading...

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