‘It has to be focused on the right kind of supply’: federal housing advocate looking to ‘change the narrative’ on the housing shortage

A new report says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's housing projections focus on middle-class people who want to buy a home, and vastly underestimate the housing needs of lower income renters, seniors, students, homeless people, migrant workers, and other marginalized groups.

Experts say Housing Minister Sean Fraser, seen here on Sept. 26, has shown some willingness to question housing policy decisions made by the current government and its predecessors.The Hill Time photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

November 7, 2023

The federal housing advocate says she commissioned a new analysis of Canada’s housing shortage because she is worried the government’s record $82-billion housing strategy is being channelled towards projects that feed developers’ bottom lines instead of towards core ho...

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