92.1 Cuts in Shared Cost Housing Renovation Programs
Whereas, The Government of Canada has eliminated the rental housing section of CMHC’s Housing Renovated Assistance Program and the Housing Co-Operative Program; and,
Whereas, Subsidized residential restoration projects under the Housing Renovation Assistance Program provide low-income families, handicapped individuals, and post-psychiatric patients in Canadian cities with a supply of safe, decent, affordable housing units; and,
Whereas, No substitute program has been put in place to encourage private enterprise to undertake these renovations; and,
Whereas, Decent, safe, affordable housing is a necessity in Canada’s climate; therefore be it,
RESOLVED, That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada:
- To restore the rental housing section of the Housing Renovation Assistance Program and the Co-Operative Housing Program to the 1987/88 levels; or,
- Replace these programs with supervised incentives to private industry so that existing housing stocks will be maintained and be available for low-income citizens.