Election Update – The Results
Congratulations to all of the political parties and candidates who participated in the 2021 Federal Election! Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga-Dufferin looks forward to working with elected officials to work on solving the affordable housing crisis. Below are graphics displaying poll results and the number of seats each political party has obtained. To see updated results […]
Election Update – Analysis of the Party Platforms
The Vote Housing campaign recently released an analysis of the housing and homelessness platforms of each of the five major parties, which measures each party’s commitments against Vote Housing’s six-point platform, including: urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing, ending homelessness, building and maintaining deeply affordable and supportive stock, the right to housing, and expanded rental assistance for […]
Latest Update-Election Platforms
Here’s where each of the parties stand on how to fix Canada’s Housing Crisis: Introduce a new rent-to-own program to help make it easier for renters to get on the path towards home ownership. Introduce a tax-free First Home Savings Account for Canadians under 40 to save up to $40,000 towards their first home, and […]
#VoteHousing
#VoteHousing Mission “To engage Canadians to pledge to vote housing in the upcoming federal election and ensure all political parties support making bold investments in affordable housing and ending homelessness.” About #VoteHousing The rise of modern mass homelessness and shortage of affordable housing in Canada began in the 1980s and is the direct result of […]
Habitat is asking you to vote for Affordable Housing #election2021
Canadians across the country will vote on September 20! Will you make affordable housing a priority on the ballot box for all parties? 1.7 million Canadian households “live in a home that is either unaffordable, overcrowded and/or needs major repairs, while 35,000 Canadians experience homelessness on any given night. Of all of the G7 […]