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House Hansard - 6

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2021 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 6 - Nov/29/21
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Nov/29/21 2:34:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is very rich for the hon. member to talk about housing. When he was in office, his government invested just $250 million a year on affordable housing— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 6 - Nov/29/21
Hon. Ahmed Hussen
  • Nov/29/21 2:34:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am happy to put our record on affordable housing against the Conservatives' record any day. They spent $250 million a year for every year they were in office on affordable housing. In contrast, we have invested over $27 billion as part of the national housing strategy. We intend to move forward on a housing accelerator fund, which will work with the municipalities to create more affordable housing and more housing supply. Ours is the government that introduced the first-time homebuyer incentive to enable more Canadians to have access to the dream of home ownership. Those are the facts.
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Context: House Hansard - 6 - Nov/29/21
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Nov/29/21 2:49:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Since we came into office, we have helped over a million families get the housing they need, but we absolutely agree that there is more work to be done. We are committed to an indigenous-led, indigenous-owned urban, rural and northern indigenous housing strategy. Last week's throne speech outlined our government's continued commitment to making housing more affordable by bringing in a $4-billion housing accelerator fund, ending chronic homelessness and a rent-to-own program to help renters become owners. There is more work to be done, but a lot of progress has already been achieved as well.
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