Affordability & Housing

Public and affordable housing platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Have the federal government act as a developer to build affordable housing at scale, including on public lands

    "Create Build Canada Homes (BCH) to get the federal government back into the business of building homes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters to address links between housing and mental health outcomes

    "Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters in recognition of the link between housing and mental health outcomes. We will do this through $6 billion invested in the new Build Canada Homes (BCH) which will build and acquire housing. This investment builds on the Rapid Housing Initiative which supported 15,000 homes for our most vulnerable, including projects like Dunn House in Toronto, Canada’s first-ever social medicine supportive housing initiative. We will continue to work with partners to deliver projects that recognize the link between housing and health outcomes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Provider $10B in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders

    "BCH will also provide $10 billion in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders. $4 billion will go towards long-term fixed-rate financing for affordable housing builders. $6 billion will go towards rapidly building deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, Indigenous housing, and shelters. BCH will direct $2 billion of this amount to build new student and seniors housing, in partnership with provinces and territories. We will immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with every province and territory to inform Housing First investments, improve access to treatment, and end encampments community by community." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

We don't have any Conservative policies on Public and affordable housing.

Bloc

  • Travailler à augmenter substantiellement, grâce aux transferts fédéraux sans condition, la proportion de logements hors marché à 20 %
  • Pousser le fédéral à revoir sa définition de « logement abordable » selon les marchés des différentes régions
  • Proposer l’augmentation et l’indexation du seuil des coûts de rénovation permis par porte pour les HLM sous convention

    Le Bloc Québécois proposera l’augmentation et l’indexation du seuil des coûts de rénovation permis par porte pour les HLM sous convention afin que des rénovations majeures puissent aussi être effectuées en cours de route et que les projets puissent s’autofinancer lorsque la convention se termine.

NDP

  • Target 20% non-market housing in every neighbourhood of cities benefitting from the Canadian Homes Transfer

    "The Canadian Homes Transfer will reward cities that build quickly, allow more townhomes and apartments, and prioritize homes near transit. This will help us reach a target of 20 percent non-market housing in every neighbourhood." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Set aside 100% of suitable federal crown land to build over 100,000 rent-controlled homes by 2035
  • Expand the Public Land Acquisition Fund with $250M/year more to acquire more public land to build housing on
We don't have any Green policies on Public and affordable housing.

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