Housing

During question period on housing, NDP MP Jenny Kwan said that building homes faster does not make them affordable, cited research that public housing returns about three dollars for every dollar invested, and asked the Prime Minister to keep his promise to double affordable, non-market housing in the next budget. Liberal MP Caroline Desrochers replied that the housing crisis developed over decades and that government programs, including MLI Select and the Apartment Construction Loan Program, had helped enable or protect hundreds of thousands of homes so far this year.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Caroline Desrochers, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure

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“The housing crisis has lasted for decades, and our government is taking strong action to fix it. Our programs have helped create and protect hundreds of thousands of homes this year. We are delivering real results.”
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Madam Speaker, the housing crisis has been decades in the making, and this government is taking decisive action. We are acting head-on to fight this crisis. In the first six months of this year, programs like MLI select have helped enable more than 141,000 units; the ACLP, 81,000 rental homes; and Build Canada Homes has 19,000 units under way. With the Canada rental protection fund, we are protecting 7,000 affordable rental units. We are delivering real results for Canadians. This is why they elected us.

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