17 000 New Homes To Be Built As Part Of 2 Billion Plan To Ease Housing Crisis Trudeau Says
Planned spending comes from commitments made in the last two federal budgets. Trudeau joined Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen at the announcement, as part of the government’s Rapid Housing initiative. Most of the promised 17,000 units will be affordable, but Trudeau could not say exactly how many will be built in Waterloo Region and Guelph. A point-in-time count last September found 1,085 people were homeless in Waterloo Region....