What can governments do to safeguard Canada’s existing supply of affordable co-op and non-profit housing?
- Act together now to maintain rent-geared-to-income assistance for 200,000 low-income Canadian households in co-operative and non-profit housing;
- Ensure that savings from expiring subsidies for low-income co-op households are re-invested in new long-term cost-shared rent supplement programs, to be delivered by provinces and territories (and by municipalities in Ontario).
- Ensure that households now receiving federal RGI housing assistance continue to be eligible for assistance under the new rental assistance programs; and
- Keep this funding stream separate from the Investment in Affordable Housing Program.
What can you do right now? Write a letter to your elected officials.
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Contacts
Federal Minister Responsible for Housing
The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, PC MP
Minister of Employment and Social Development
Minister Responsible for CMHC
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6
pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca
Provincial Government Contacts
Minister responsible for Housing:
The Hon. Sarah Hoffman Minister of Seniors
P.O. box 3100
Edmonton, AB
T5J 4W3
Municipal Government Contacts
Links
YHK Call To Action Forum – April 19th Invite
YHK Call to Action Forum Poster
Letter from Brian Mason, MLA to Pierre Poilievre, Minister Responsible for CMHC