Feds seriously up game on housing crisis, but smaller municipalities could be left behind

Without a boost from the Accelerator Fund, small communities cannot do their part to fulfill the vision of affordable and attainable housing for all.

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Sean Fraser, pictured Oct. 5, 2023. The introduction of the Housing Accelerator Fund represents a seismic shift in how the federal government has opted to directly intervene in the housing landscape in profound ways across the country, writes North Grenville Mayor Nancy Peckford. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NANCY PECKFORD

October 23, 2023

With Sean Fraser’s recent appointment as minister of housing, the federal government is seriously upping its game amid a growing housing crisis. The introduction of the Housing Accelerator Fund represents a seismic shift in how the federal government has opted to directly ...

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