Trudeau in Guelph to announce $4 billion Housing Accelerator Fund
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The funding will help cities, towns and Indigenous communities unlock new housing supply by speeding up development and approvals.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Guelph, Ont. to announce a program that aims to build more homes in Canada.
He along with Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen introduced the $4 billion Housing Accelerator Fund.
In a news release, the funding will help cities, towns and Indigenous communities unlock new housing supply by speeding up development and approvals.
They go on to say local governments are now invited to develop innovative action plans, in line with the flexible criteria, to remove barriers to building more homes, faster.
“Our goal is to fast track the creation of 100,000 new homes and units across Canada,” Trudeau said. “It’s part of our plan to double the construction of homes with the next decade.”
Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield and Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie were also there for the announcement on Friday which was made at Grace Gardens, a supportive housing project that is currently under construction.
Longfield said on Twitter that, “This announcement builds on the $51,579,578.00 we’ve already invested in Guelph to build 255 new housing units since 2015.”
Guthrie, for one, has been perhaps the biggest voice on the housing crisis that is facing not only Guelph, but other towns and cities in Ontario.
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