[homeles_ot-l] Election 2011 Candidate Survey-Housing & Homelessness + +

[Linda Lalonde]

Hi folks,

 
This is a very useful piece from the Newfoundland & Labrador Housing & Homelessness Network that includes a candidate survey plus the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Election Platform and some great stats from the Canadian Home Renewal Association.

 
You'll find lots of good material to prep for discussions with candidates and all your friends and neighbours.

 
Linda.


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Election 2011 Candidate Survey- Housing & Homelessness 


Wednesday April 13, 2011 















Newfoundland and Labrador 

Housing and Homelessness Network 








 


The Newfoundland & Labrador Housing & Homelessness Network (NLHHN) is currently surveying the federal candidates of Newfoundland and Labrador to better understand each party's plans and commitments to end homelessness and support affordable housing for Canadians. 


Please find the Survey HERE 

We encourage you to use this as a tool to ask similar questions of your local candidates. 

The NLHHN works collaboratively and creatively to address homelessness in all its aspects, to shape the response to homelessness in Newfoundland and Labrador, and to directly influence government policy and programs. www.nlhhn.org 

Sincerely, 

Kimberly Yetman Dawson 

Newfoundland and Labrador 
Housing and Homelessness Network
















Affordable Housing and Homelessness: 
By The Numbers 

"Close to 1.5 million households in Canada can't afford decent housing because they can't find a suitable home that costs less than 30 per cent of their income, or that doesn't need major repairs. These households are often forced to make difficult choices between paying for housing, buying healthy groceries or signing their kids up for the local sports team." 

To read more please click here 













Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Canada 
FCM 2011 Federal Election Platform 

"In recent years, the Government of Canada has started working with municipalities to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and fight the global recession. As election-day approaches, Canadians want to know that all parties in the House of Commons are ready to expand that partnership and build communities that will drive our economy and protect our quality of life for years to come. Canadians are concerned about the high costs of housing and the homelessness crisis playing out in communities across the country. Over the years, short-term funding has led to Band-aid solutions. As a result, thousands of Canadians are living one night to the next in emergency shelters, and an unsustainable burden is placed on taxpayer-funded medical and social services." 

Recommendation: 
Canada's housing system is broken and it's time to implement a national action plan to fix it. All parties must commit to: (1) legislate 10-year targets for eliminating homelessness and fill housing market gaps so Canadians can find homes they can afford; (2) renew expiring federal housing programs and housing subsidies, and set dedicated funding levels for affordable housing in the long-term fiscal framework; and (3) provide incentives to increase the number of new rental units built across the country by 10 per cent each and every year. 

To Read more please click here. 












With a Feature on Housing and the Economy 


To Read more from 
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation 

Observer Report 2010 
please click here. 

Observer Report 2009 
please click here. 













About Us

The NL Housing and Homelessness Network (Network) is a group of community-based service providers, municipal, provincial and federal departments and agencies, and representatives of persons at risk of homelessness, who come from rural and urban communities across the province and are committed to working collaboratively on issues related to homelessness and housing. The Network works collaboratively and creatively to address homelessness in all its aspects, to shape the response to homelessness in Newfoundland and Labrador, and to influence government policy and programs. For more information chekc out our website; www.nlhhn.org or email us at info at nlhhn.org 













Housing & Homelessness and the Federal Election 2011

CHRA Affordable Housing & Homelessness: By The Numbers

FCM: Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Canada Federal Election Platform

CMHC: Feature on Housing and the Economy

Wellesley Insitute: Canada's Housing Crisis and the Federal Election

Bill C-304

Federal Housing Investments Cut












Wellesley Insititute: Canada's Housing Crisis and the Federal Election 


The Wellesley Institute's Precarious Housing in Canada 2010 is a comprehensive overview of housing and homelessness issues and solutions. 

To read the report please 
click here. 








Bill C-304 requires the federal government to create a comprehensive national housing plan that meets Canada's international housing rights obligations during an intensive six-month consultation with provinces, territories, municipalities, Aboriginal organizations, community groups and private sector interests. Bill C-304 had received support of a majority of MPs in the last Parliamentary session, was reviewed and amended at committee, and was ready for third and final reading before Parliament was dissolved for the election. 










Federal Housing Investments Cut
Federal housing investments will be cut from $2.2 billion in fiscal 2011 to $1.7 billion in 2014 - and the annual cuts will grow more rapidly after that as the federal government "steps out" of its long-term support for affordable housing. At the same time as the growing annual cuts, the federal government's housing agency will see its net income grow by 11% from $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion.Simply maintaining federal housing investments at the same level as fiscal 2009 will provide much of the funding required for a comprehensive, 10-year housing plan for Canada. 































Newfoundland and Labrador Housing and Homelessness Network

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