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Should the government subsidize the building of 1.4 million new homes over the next four years?

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%.

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Response rates from 164k Canada voters.

67%
Yes
33%
No
59%
Yes
28%
No
7%
Yes, but not at the expense of farmland and green space
3%
No, rebuild or repair existing houses instead
2%
Yes, but only to house the homeless
2%
No, we cannot afford this right now

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 @9JW4BZRfrom Tennessee  answered…2yrs2Y

Invest in higher density middle housing in cities instead of detached single family homes in the suburbs.

 @8VLQ88Sfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

Don’t care.

 @BBGQBW2from Alberta  answered…4mos4MO

Yes with priority to multi family developments like fourplexes, row houses, two story condominiums and apartments (not luxury apartments). New policies need to be enacted so developers see profit in better quality multi family developments that favor mixed income groups

 @B8MZTGMfrom Alberta  answered…7mos7MO

The government should not get involved in the housing business. It's a private sector, and people shouldn't rely on the government to be able to buy and build a home.

 @9BZVR9Yfrom British Columbia  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but not at the expense of farmland and green space and only available to low income or first time homebuyers.

 @8WC5MFZfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

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

 @8VMFV6Kfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, if they are affordable.

 @BDYCRB2from Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Housing is too expensive and contracted out to foreign/friends to build houses.

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Should the government incentivize the construction of affordable housing?

Yes

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iSideWith. (2026). “Should the government subsidize the building of 1.4 million new homes over the next four years?” — Public Opinion Poll Results. Retrieved June 25, 2026, from https://canada.isidewith.com/polls/4686786715

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