Time for federal government action on affordable housing crisis, Singh says

  • 📰 SaltWire Network
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 56 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 26%
  • Publisher: 63%

Education Education Headlines News

Education Education Latest News,Education Education Headlines

The federal NDP leader took his housing crisis message to Dalhousie University in Halifax on Monday. “Talking about how hard it is to find housing, we are ...

| Posted: 1 minutes ago | Updated: 5 minutes ago | 6 Min Read

“The cost of renting a place is through the roof, people are living multiple people to a single room just to be able to afford rent,” he said. “Students should be worried about their school, worried about their courses, worried about their careers, not worried about trying to find a place to live.” The Liberals hold 160 of the 388 seats in the House of Commons, well short of a majority. The Conservatives have 117 seats, the Bloc Quebecois 32 and the NDP 25.

“So far, the Liberal government has not done enough to build affordable homes,” Singh said Monday as light rain began to fall on the outdoor news conference. The party says Canada is in the midst of a national housing crisis impacting every area of the country, pointing to average rents that rose in every single province last year and the 1.6 million Canadian households who spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brokered a deal in 2022 to allow Canadians with young children to receive a cheque for their child's dental care. - Postmedia

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 45. in EDUCATİON

Education Education Latest News, Education Education Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Time for federal government action on affordable housing crisis, Singh saysThe federal NDP leader took his housing crisis message to Dalhousie University in Halifax on Monday. “Talking about how hard it is to find housing, we are ...
Source: SaltWire Network - 🏆 45. / 63 Read more »