Right to Housing

The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA) are helping to bring housing and homelessness to the forefront of this Federal Election. The CHRA issued a press release on April 4, calling for a long-term, national strategy to address affordable housing and homelessness in Canada. Included in the release is a list of four essential elements to a national housing plan:

• Maintain current annual federal funding of $1.7 billion
• Renew and increase funding for CMHC’s Affordable Housing Initiative and renovation programs (RRAP)
• Extend and double funding for the Homelessness Partnering Strategy
• Reinstate and extend the ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes program and add a low-income component

Click here to read the full report

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