Ontarians are being priced out of their communities.
The rent is too damn high
Ontarians are being priced out of their communities, skyrocketing rent is causing people to lose their homes, buying a home is further out of reach for everyday Ontarians, and more and more people continue to become unhoused.
This is the Ford Conservatives’ legacy.
Along with Leader Marit Stiles, NDP Housing Critic Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) is proposing solutions to help solve our province’s housing crisis.
One way to do that is a relatively simple concept: build more homes in neighbourhoods that people want to live in. Bell and the Ontario NDP know this is doable by:
- Ending exclusionary zoning
- Investing in the construction of affordable homes, including public, co-operative, and supportive housing
- Clamping down on greedy speculation
- Bringing back real rent control
The Ford Conservatives’ plan to make housing affordable for Ontarians is not working. It has never been more expensive to rent or buy a home in this province. That is their record.
By their own admission, housing starts are going down, not up.
Their previous decisions to eliminate rent control, permit sprawl on the Greenbelt, and abuse their Ministerial Zoning Order powers have not solved our housing supply crisis.
Last week, the Conservatives announced they will be making it easier to expand municipal urban boundaries and pave the way for expensive sprawl to be built on farmland. Our agricultural sector, which is essential to the province’s livelihood, won’t thrive if the Conservatives keep making it easier for developers to pave over our farmlands.
And worryingly, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing still refuses to say whether or not Ford’s Conservatives would carve up the Greenbelt even further – it shows just how out of touch this government really is.
They aren’t even listening to their own housing task force to build on land that is already zoned for development to meet the housing targets.
Stiles and Bell, along with your Ontario NDP team, will continue to push for solutions to help solve Ontario’s housing crisis.
The rent is too damn high
Ontarians are being priced out of their communities, skyrocketing rent is causing people to lose their homes, buying a home is further out of reach for everyday Ontarians, and more and more people continue to become unhoused.
This is the Ford Conservatives’ legacy.
Along with Leader Marit Stiles, NDP Housing Critic Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) is proposing solutions to help solve our province’s housing crisis.
One way to do that is a relatively simple concept: build more homes in neighbourhoods that people want to live in. Bell and the Ontario NDP know this is doable by:
- Ending exclusionary zoning
- Investing in the construction of affordable homes, including public, co-operative, and supportive housing
- Clamping down on greedy speculation
- Bringing back real rent control
The Ford Conservatives’ plan to make housing affordable for Ontarians is not working. It has never been more expensive to rent or buy a home in this province. That is their record.
By their own admission, housing starts are going down, not up.
Their previous decisions to eliminate rent control, permit sprawl on the Greenbelt, and abuse their Ministerial Zoning Order powers have not solved our housing supply crisis.
Last week, the Conservatives announced they will be making it easier to expand municipal urban boundaries and pave the way for expensive sprawl to be built on farmland. Our agricultural sector, which is essential to the province’s livelihood, won’t thrive if the Conservatives keep making it easier for developers to pave over our farmlands.
And worryingly, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing still refuses to say whether or not Ford’s Conservatives would carve up the Greenbelt even further – it shows just how out of touch this government really is.
They aren’t even listening to their own housing task force to build on land that is already zoned for development to meet the housing targets.
Stiles and Bell, along with your Ontario NDP team, will continue to push for solutions to help solve Ontario’s housing crisis.
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