The details of the program unveiled Monday fill what was seen as a gap in the Liberals' decade-long national housing strategy.
“It's the right thing to do, but it's also the economically smart thing to do,” Hussen said in an interview. The government considered the property acquisition program for months as a way to keep people from falling into homelessness heading into the winter, with temporary shelter measures for the COVID-19 pandemic set to expire.
Tim Richter, president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, said the increased risk homeless people face in contracting COVID-19 could become worse with a second wave of the pandemic. “From Toronto to Edmonton to Calgary to Victoria, we have people living in tent encampments trying to maintain physical distance,” the Halifax councillor said.
Incredible more tax payer money blown on degenerates and dead beats
Why. If we had a non partisan media they might ask this simple question to bad there so busy cuddling trudeaus balls. LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
When they get finished planting trees!
First money spent on Real Estate Brokers, administrators, consultants, custodians, social workers etc. Taxpayers paying cost overruns, housing conditions, damage to units, all & any social issues already associated with homelessness. Cdn Govt becomes nanny state socialists org.
Instants slums and ghettos - congrats
We should call it the Projects
ConsumerSOS JustinTrudeau Do they suspect people will not be able to pay their mortgages? So making this happen beforehand?
More money than brains 🙄
If you win a lottery call Justin he will guide you on how to spend it all !
Tourism is death, in many countries hotels are in default and closing, of course building more housing is the solution but it can take years.
Communism much
Bloody insanity
WHAT...the he-- next. When is this government going to do its job and come up with some solid strategies for the people's benefit instead of throwing money at a blank wall.
Two idiots
Well, it's pretty CLEAR the Liberals NEVER had a HousingPlan to begin with. Homeless Canadians are being treated as temporary traveling tourists now...this is NOT A PLAN. liberal_party This is another $1 billion worth of campaigning propaganda. NDP HAS A REAL PLAN. Vote NDP
CTVStephanie This is in the UN 2030 agenda. The NWO will be moving all from rural areas to these multi family places in cities.
What about railroads and utilities
Good retirement plan for some struggling hotel owner :)
Spending like a drunken sailor again. All this spending of money we don't have brings us another step closer to communism. Propaganda + Gun Bans + Compliance + Debt = communism
Well.. I’m not paying for this.
Where is the money going to come from
Follow the money trail - Motels / Hotels - hmmmm
Motels & hotels? What kind of homes are they? Trailer parks are a way better bang for your buck.
Fuuuuuuuuck sakes 🤦🏼♂️
What a Buncha f n bullshit
Government housing..sounds like cuba
My bad, four times in the last 12 hours. Reported as spam.
You just know they’re going to use them for “refugees.”
So $1 billion divided by the 3000 “units l” this will create equals $333,000 per unit. Wow. Not good value for tax dollars.
Buying the WE properties....
About the fifth time I’ve seen this pathetic story today. The Trudeau plan to any problem facing Canadians....
What again? That’s 3 billion just today now
Liberals pledge $1 billion for cities to buy votes. Fixed. You’re welcome.
Almost sounds like he’s stealing my idea. Not like it would be the time Trudeau did something corrupt and unethical though. But let’s see....how many cities in canada? And $1B per city....yeah that I I thought. So where is all that money coming from Trudeau? No thought!
Dirty little f***in con-artist. I really can't wait for Wednesday. Let's have an election!! 🔥Trudeau
This picture just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
There needs to be a national housing strategy, starting with the idea that housing is a right. The solution to homelessness is to give people homes. This is just a bandaid, nothing more.
Was there any Parliamentary debate on this?
Hopefully we don't see any purchases of metowe real estate at over-inflated prices. Primed for another failure to recuse themselves from a conflict of interest as taxpayers continue to fund enrichment of government lobbyists, friends, family and acquaintances.
Lol... how dumb. $1billion to turn tax generating businesses into slums.
Since the treaty 8 Tribal councils own every hotel here. They stand to profit handsomly. Definitly unintended by white supremicist government.
Socialist ghettos
They better not have !!! We know if they did it’s for illegal border jumpers
Only 1 billion shit one of his buddies must own a hotel chain and needs a little boost
Why don't they spend this money for better COVID tests?
Trudeau be like:
More irresponsible spending by this failed government, FFS. 😡🇨🇦
Just another billion dollars🤷♂️
If you feel this might look like the beginnings of Castro's Cuba, I urge you to contact anyone in Miami's Cuban diaspora to confirm it. First Trudeau and his Somali minister flooded the country with the third world creating a homeless and food bank crisis, now this.
I can't see this doing anything but hurting the Canadian Economy It would be better to spend money to build more housing thus increasing supply and reducing the cost to attain
HOW ABOUT SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSTEAD YOU 🤡
They can get high inside now! How about treatment programmes.
😷🇨🇦
This is great! Studies show that more affordable housing decreases homelessness and stimulates the economy!
Oohhh good just what I want. I spent time in a hotel during this lockdown, a facility shared with homeless in 'isolation' and the fuking place was a shithole!!! What a joke!!!
Might be good here if it actually happens. We got an influx of new people who came for school and whatever else while people who lived here were already waiting 2+ years for somewhere to live
I thought parliament was out?
Communists always try to take control of the Infrastructure. Hence why they have purposely collapsed the economy and most small businesses. Snatch it all up and control it for cheap. WhereisthemoneyCatherine
Printing money.🤡
This is amazing news! Such a great use of existing resources. Why build new? This is genious financially!
Remember last week when the bought media said this Frat boy was at one time a prudent fiscal manager 😆
You know its funny how someone is using our tax-paid dollars and we don’t even have a say in it.
Really?
The Liberal plan for any problem...
Waste of money
If you think the Federal Government does a great job at providing housing, clean drinking water or basic annual income, visit any FN Reserve.
Why don’t we just give every Canadian citizen 20 million each when they turn 18 and we won’t have to worry about things like this anymore?
Congratulations, Canadians. You are paying for housing for Trudeau's illegals.
Good Lord! What next?
By liberals you mean, we the tax payers
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