Housing

I recently did a podcast on Canada’s National Housing Strategy—specifically on how the Strategy missed the mark on homelessness. Here’s the link (it’s 40 min’s long): https://thepublicationcoop.substack.com/p/canadas-so-called-homelessness-strategy

I recently organized a study tour of Helsinki; its focus was affordable housing and homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview: https://nickfalvo.ca/affordable-housing-and-homelessness-in-helsinki-finland/

The far right wants to exploit frustration with house prices, rent increases and the cost of living and blame them all on migrants.

The post Why migrants aren’t to blame for the housing and rent crisis first appeared on Solidarity Online.

I recently served as a subject matter expert for an audit of supportive housing undertaken by the City of Ottawa’s Office of the Auditor General. Here are 10 things know:

I recently organized a homelessness study tour of Edmonton and Calgary for the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10 overview of the study tour:https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-and-supportive-housing-in-alberta/

Over half of Labour voters say that mooted plans to cut funding for home insulation would hit their trust in the party

I recently delivered a full-day in-person workshop at CHRA’s National Congress on Housing and Homelessness, held in Saskatoon. The workshop was titled “The intersection of housing and homelessness.” All course material is now available here (free of charge):https://nickfalvo.ca/courses/

Canadians will vote in a general election on April 28. Here’s my ‘top 7’ overview of the Liberal Housing Plan: https://nickfalvo.ca/the-liberal-housing-plan/.

Both Labor and Liberal have announced new policies designed to appeal to anger about the cost of housing. But neither will address the main cause of skyrocketing prices.

The post Delivering affordable housing requires ending investment handouts for the rich first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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