In 2017, The Canadian government announced that it would allocate C$40 billion (US$31.6 billion) to a national housing plan to alleviate the severe lack of affordable housing. This includes building 100,000 affordable housing units, repairing another 300,000 social units that already exist and reducing homelessness by 50%.
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
Yes
@9FD8H9V7mos7MO
Stable housing reduces the need for emergency shelter services, healthcare interventions, and other costly interventions.
@9F976G78mos8MO
Investing in low price housing has tested economic benefits, such as job introduction and diminished homelessness costs. It moreover positively influences education, healthcare, and local well-being, making it a wise and compassionate funding in our society's future.
@9FCQ7CK7mos7MO
I dont have data at the ready but there is proof that giving, for example, a homeless person a place to live increases their quality of life considerably and raises the odds they will seek help for addictions, mental health, gain independence and search for work. Affordable housing has a ripple effect on many aspects of society. Everyone has the right to housing under the UN Human Rights
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
No
@9FQPJYX7mos7MO
The only kind of Unaffordable housing shloud be castles in the most populated cities. People need spaces to live, same as with food, water, electricity, and healthcare. It shouldn't be impossible to afford some and not the others on a minimum wage.
@9FDKFHH7mos7MO
yes there is probaly the odd guy who lost their job and got kicked out of there house but most homeless are homeless due to drugs and they have the responabilty to quit
@9F9YTWD7mos7MO
21% of the nations wealth comes from residential housing so our overall nations wealth could decrease from this lowering of house prices and overall our economy.
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
No, rebuild or repair existing houses instead
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
Yes, but only to house the homeless
@9F9YTWD7mos7MO
Housing the homeless the country will lose a lot of its income and the economy could crash making the prices of the houses only even lower, wages lower and it could be a greater downfall of the economy.
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
No, we cannot afford this right now
@9F7F777 8mos8MO
If we implement affordable housing more people can spend more money on consumer goods, thus bringing an era of prosperity to Canada.
@9FFFNS67mos7MO
what the opponents are argung is that it's a lot like ubi - give everyone a universal basic income (or something like that, in this case affordable housing) and there's literally no difference from giving them SNAP or other food stamps, in the case of the united states. the argument i'm trying to make, however, is that government needs to be able to control for market inefficiencies (this is particularly true in the case of medicaid, which, as a single-payer system is more effective than multi-payer systems in general.) government involvement needs to be minimalized except to… Read more
@9FF69BV7mos7MO
I agree, but it is important to note the systemic problem that the housing market is only so big and so expensive because of both inflation, and how within cities and provinces there, a specific rules that prevent multilevel housing plans to preserve “aesthetics”
@9FCQ7CK7mos7MO
We can always afford it - the issue seems to be in prioritizing peoples lives over police and military funding, and solving the country's debt. If not now, when? How bad does it have to get?
@9F5C2JH8mos8MO
Stop spending as much money on foreign aid and other non-essential spending, and reinvest the money into building more affordable housing.
@9GKCNRH6mos6MO
You are allowing thousands of people to go homeless due to the fact you think its a good idea to throw money at your problems
@8VK7C5K3yrs3Y
Yes but make it affordable
@9JW4BZRNew Democratic2mos2MO
Invest in higher density middle housing in cities instead of detached single family homes in the suburbs.
Yes, but only to house the homeless and not at the expense of farmland and green space, and be careful of spending inflation and debt
Yes, but only to house the homeless, and not at the expense of farmland and green space.
@9CBTBW311mos11MO
No, rebuild or repair existing housing and ensure at least some of the subsidy makes it down to the consumer instead of entirely benefiting the manufacturer.
Yes, but to house the homeless and not at the expense of farmland and green space
@9LMNP5M1wk1W
Yes, because houses are just becoming more expensive for the people creating them, and also the people buying them so there wouldn't be many advantages to this opportunity, and there are also a lot of houses being displayed on the market making it just more abundance in the community being introduced than is needed right now. The only homes that should be built are those that cater to the homeless.
Yes, but to fix the current housing costs and vacancies first, however, the homeless should be able to receive lower cost housing as they begin to get back on their feet.
@9LL92B41wk1W
they should make housing but only to the people that truly need it like the homeless and people could also get roomates or have a place like and apartment to their own
@9LD8F4Q3wks3W
No, and reduce inflation, stop immigration, and send everyone who’s immigrated here in the last 10 years back to their home countries so that we can have our country back for ourselves—less people is what we need, not more homes.
@9LBHFY73wks3W
yes, but please do it smart, build them in communities with high homelessness rates to support the populations and prevent further damage to green space and agriculture land
@9L9LGGR3wks3W
Yes but we need to make cities have less cars in them. By having better public transit we can turn a lot of parking space into affordable housing. Also we need to bring back Neo classical architecture restrictions on architecture with the exception of heritage zones and native territories.
@9L9GNJ83wks3W
Only if the new home buyer is a first time buyer, and only if they make below the average Canadian wage.
@9L5PYHP1mo1MO
Invest more money into affordable single family homes, second stage treatment homes, seniors homes for people with concurrent disorders
Yes, but prioritize the rebuilding or repairing of existing houses and new homes should not come at the expense of farmland and green space.
@9KTPWQR1mo1MO
No, we should set housing targets for each municipality that they need to hit. If they surpass this target, they will receive a bonus. If they fail to hit the target, they will not receive funding and they will have to pay a penalty.
@9KJ3MYL2mos2MO
If it goes to more low income people yes because my family and I are almost homeless and don't want to finally get a home after being homeless...
@9KG9KSM2mos2MO
Canada has a housing crisis. It's impossible to find an affordable home. We really need new houses to be built but we just can't afford it unless we cut spending in other areas.
@9KBFTYW 2mos2MO
No, the government should decrease the bureaucracy around home-building, and reform the industry standards and inspections regulations. There are too many deficiencies getting passed in the current system with little to no recourse.
@9K8HRYH2mos2MO
I feel that society should rebuild and repair old houses FOR the homeless, I feel that less commercial construction needs to take place and the homing crisis needs to be solved.
@9K6M4542mos2MO
It is defenitely something to check on but the government can just get random bank loans out of it *** so it doesn't matter.
@9K6HR9K2mos2MO
There is no government, there is no taxes, there is no debts, Tories and amerimutts will be beheaded.
@9K58RGL2mos2MO
No, the government should reduce overall cost for home building in smaller communities, and not provide funding for large developers in large, expensive cities.
@9K3KDX32mos2MO
I think that this is a great idea, but at the cost that they spread out the homes and build up north
@9JS2P7L3mos3MO
yes, as long as it's used to house the homeless while not affecting farmland and green space too much.
@9JQZ9ZW3mos3MO
Depends on the type of housing. There's no point if it's only single family units in neighbourhoods that prioritize high property value. Needs to be units that are affordable for first time buyers. There also probably needs to be rents caps so that working class people aren't priced out.
@9JNDJ6R3mos3MO
yes and no, although they will be cutting down homelessness, with all the money they are spending that we don't have the cost of living will shoot up even more due to the government making our dept even greater making living even more expensive for the rest of the country.
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