Feds propose billions for affordable housing
A Liberal government fond of promising help for those working hard to join the middle class has put its money where its mouth is, unveiling a new housing benefit for low-income tenants, billions of dollars for repairing existing affordable housing units, and a vision for building 100,000 more.Announced Nov. 22, the portable housing benefit could eventually help 300,000 households after 2021—when the money is to start flowing—and 2028 by providing on average $2,500 in help, and could go to those already in social housing and those on wait lists for a unit, the government says.
