Feds’ Green Buildings Strategy a good start—but more is needed

Without greater investment and a holistic, community-centred approach focused on reducing energy bills, the new program won't go far enough in solving the needs of low-income households across Canada.
The existing patchwork and design of federal and provincial home retrofit programs have resulted in limited take-up by low-income households, write Yasmin Abraham, Rosemarie Powell, and Lisa Rae.

In the quest for climate-resilient affordable housing, people with low incomes have the deck stacked against them. Skyrocketing rents and energy bills, a tax system that penalizes income more harshly than wealth accumulation, and older buildings that are more inefficient to ...

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