Housing Affordability task force Report

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February 8, 2022 News Release: Ontario Publishes Housing Affordability Task Force Report

• ​Housing Affordability Task Force Report (page)
• Housing Affordability Task Force Report (PDF)​​​

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Report: Summary of the Housing Affordability Task Force Report - Agenda of above recorded Region of Waterloo meeting (begins at Page 73+)

• ​​Region of Waterloo staff agree with some, but not all, recommendations from Housing Affordability Task Force  - CBC News​​​

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• ​​Ontario's affordable housing task force report does not address the real problems - The Conversation - Brian Doucet​
• ​​​​Response to Ontario's Housing Affordability Task Force - By David Alton, Social Development Centre Waterloo Region​ ​
• Bob Jonkman talks to Martin Asling of WR YIMBY (Waterloo Region Yes In My Back Yard) about housing in Waterloo Region, the Ontario Housing report, and WR YIMBY and Hold The Line‘s answer to some of the issues it presents. - Listen here to the podcast at CKMS 102.7

• Joint Statement in response to Ontario’s Housing Affordability Task Force Report by:
  • Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard
  • Hold the Line Waterloo Region

• Caught Between Diference and Indeference: The Right to Housing in Canada

• ​​​Understanding Homelessness in Canada- From the street to the classroom

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"Research shows that in the last decade Canada has been losing affordable rental units, those available to individuals making $30,000 a year or less, far faster than new ones are being built, and it's forcing some renters out of the communities they know." https://t.co/q69GF0cD2I

— Waterloo Region YIMBY (@WRYIMBY) March 12, 2022

A Canadian’s Right to Housing: How Do We Get There - University of Waterloo Alumni Speakers Series (Information about the below video session)

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The Right to Housing framework gives us the unique & important opportunity to prioritize human rights in the way we govern ourselves. Click ⬇️ to read @leilanifarha's full comments to Canada's Standing Committee on Finance □□ #maketheshift #righttohousinghttps://t.co/zlRLJv2I8G pic.twitter.com/3nRWWvEICU

— The Shift (@Make_TheShift) March 21, 2022

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The world is awash in money. It’s a matter of political choice and political will, by those in government and by we the people.

Peter Eglin - "On the Right to Affordable Housing"

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• Engage WR - Updating the Regional Official Plan
  
• Building Better Futures - Region of Waterloo
  • Housing Dashboard 
  • Affordable Housing for All - Building a better future for all

• Affordable Housing Strategy: Discussion Paper and Recommendations (Page 24) - City of Waterloo

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• Substance Use and Homelessness
• ​March 9, 2022 Waterloo Police Services Board Meeting​
• Living Rough: Encampments
• ​Living Rough: Washrooms
• The Housing First Approach

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