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Apr 16, 2024 · Housing policy is economic policy. Budget 2024 and Canada's Housing Plan lay out the government's bold strategy to unlock 3.87 million new homes by 2031, which includes a minimum of 2 million net new homes on top of the 1.87 million homes expected to be built anyway by 2031.
Social housing is an important dimension of social welfare policy and affordable housing provision, but there are significant differences across countries in the definition, size, scope, target population and type of provider of social housing.
Social housing is housing subsidized by governments (often developed in collaboration with the private and public not-for-profit sector) that is made available to those who would otherwise be unable to afford to live in suitable and adequate housing in the private market2.
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Nov 28, 2023 · This literature review has two parts: section 2.1. provides a global overview of the relationship between social housing policies and accessibility; section 2.2. offers insights into how the MCMV housing policy, the case study, addressed accessibility issues.
Canada’s first-ever National Housing Strategy will help drive the success of Canada’s housing sector by giving more Canadians affordable homes. Through the NHS, the federal government is bringing together the public, private and non-profit sectors to re-engage in affordable housing.
Nov 16, 2022 · Halfway through its 10-year mandate to address issues like affordability and homelessness, the National Housing Strategy is providing little benefit for the vast majority of vulnerable...
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Canada has had international obligations to uphold economic, social, and cultural rights like the right to adequate housing for decades—but accountability to these obligations has relied on remote UN mechanisms and hearings in Geneva.
