Improving community housing for Haldimand-Norfolk’s most vulnerable

Province making community housing safer, more efficient and sustainable

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April 18, 2019

QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario government is putting people first by providing more than $1 billion dollars in 2019-20 to help sustain, repair and grow community housing and help end homelessness. The government also revealed the province’s new Community Housing Renewal Strategy, outlining a plan to transform a fragmented and inefficient system into one that is more streamlined, sustainable and ready to help people who need it most.

Locally, $2.7 million has been allocated for the strategy implementation in Haldimand-Norfolk. This includes $1.489 million for the Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative, $732,000 for the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative, $463,700 for the Investment in Affordable Housing in Ontario and $17,284 for the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative.

“Our government believes families shouldn’t have to live in buildings with crumbling walls, leaking roofs and broken elevators,” said Haldimand-Norfolk MPP. “We will work with municipalities and non-profits to address issues like safety, overcrowding and long wait lists.”

Ontario’s new Community Housing Renewal Strategy includes early steps to improve community housing across the province:

Quick Facts

In 2014-18, Ontario contributed 57 per cent of housing and homelessness spending, compared with just 17 per cent from the federal government.
Community housing is provided by non-profit, co-operative and municipal housing agencies. It includes a range of programs from subsidized social and affordable housing, including housing for Indigenous people, to rent supplements and portable housing benefits that help people find housing in the private market.

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For more information, contact MPP Toby Barrett at 519-428-0446 or toby.barrett@pc.ola.org