Canada’s national housing approach detail revealed

Canada’s national housing sector has highlighted key areas in improving housing safety and affordability nationwide as Canadians are coming together as one urging the government to improve on the current housing situation.

They are looking for ways the government can improve housing affordability and embark on new ways to advance the living conditions of the common people which also include native communities. They also expect the government to distinguish their goals and objectives, find information, and reevaluate prevailing regulations and laws to safeguard housing affordability.

These were some of the major concerns during the four month long debate held nationwide and the details were revealed on Tuesday, labeled What We Heard: Shaping Canada’s National Housing Strategy.

Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development accentuated that what Canada needs is a strong National Housing Strategy that involves Canadians. Making housing reasonable will empower people to improve of their standards of living.

Approximately 7,000 Canadians were involved in the debate nationwide and the government vowed to make good use of all the vital information obtained from the debate to improve on the current housing situation. Furthermore, the government will make use of the information as a guide for the final approach to be released in 2017 and talks with the native communities will be ongoing to maintain a balance field in addressing the needs of all Canadians.

Canadians over the years have observed the National Housing Day, an event which was initiated after the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee announced homelessness was a national crisis in 1998.

People who have in some way experience homelessness, advocates, and politicians gather today at the Church of the Holy Trinity to express their needs of a vibrant national approach towards housing and also remember people that had dies in Toronto because of homelessness. Records some that 217 people dies in Toronto between 2015 and 2007 but does not include people that were not registers in the housing system.

The high housing prices was also a major concern for all as well as creating a reason housing scheme through national housing benefits or income support projects.

According to Michelle German, senior project manager at Evergreen CityWorks and coordinator for the GTA Housing Action Lab explained on Monday that leaders in the housing sector have finally realize that they can achieve greater solutions if they all work together as one.