The national housing strategy is ‘failing’ despite record investment, federal advocate says

  • 📰 globeandmail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 30 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 92%

South Africa News News

South Africa South Africa Latest News,South Africa South Africa Headlines

Canada’s first federal housing advocate Marie-Josée Houle says there is no indication Ottawa’s housing strategy is working despite being five years and billions of dollars in

Marie-Josée Houle was appointed by the Privy CouncilA main focus of her role

But five years and billions of dollars in, Ms. Houle says there is little evidence that it’s working. Caroyln Whitzman: Governments across Canada need common, income-based definition of ‘affordable housing’ The Auditor-General also said there was a lack of accountability and criticized the federal government for failing to integrate its homelessness program with the larger affordable-housing plan.

“While we recognize the strategy’s successes thus far, we also know that there is much more work to be done, and we thank the advocate for her work,” Ms. Hendrych wrote.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in ZA
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Stop importing so many immigrants. Have they ever thought about that?

Maybe bringing a few million more people here isn't the greatest idea? Great virtue signal but will have severely negative consequences, oh wait, that's the Liberal way. Nothing to see here.

South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines