Local Governments Need to Upgrade to Improve Housing Process: Finance Minister

Local Governments Need to Upgrade to Improve Housing Process: Finance Minister
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks about the federal budget at a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade event in Vancouver on April 13, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s finance minister says it’s not the federal government’s job to build all the houses Canadians need, but it will try to remove roadblocks with a $4-billion fund earmarked to help boost housing construction announced in the budget.

Chrystia Freeland told the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on Wednesday that some of the funding will be used to work with provinces, territories and local governments to determine what’s stopping more homes from being built and create the right incentives.