That, in turn, has created an affordable housing crisis as municipalities, with their limited resources, struggled to keep up with repairs on the housing stock they currently own. First, repairing run-down affordable housing stocks will have the kind of economic spinoff Ottawa is looking for from its infrastructure spending. There are currently 172,087 people languishing on the corporation’s waiting list for affordable housing, some of whom are living in shelters or on the street. Municipal leaders will be asking the provincial and federal governments to contribute surplus land and provide incentives for builders to create new affordable housing. The Liberals campaigned on a promise to “renew federal leadership” in affordable housing and to set aside “significant” new money to make that happen.

Source: thestar September 28, 2016 19:07 UTC