Registry of Lobbyists
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association / Association canadienne d’habitation et de rénovation urbaine
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Budget, Employment and Training, Housing, Immigration, Labour
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That the federal government should help create a national workforce and immigration strategy on housing, including construction trades and other employment classes related to housing production.
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Policies or Program
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Budget, Housing
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That the government create a national Property Acquisition Program to support community housing providers with pre-approved Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation funding to buy existing rental properties and preserve affordability.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
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Budget, Housing
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That the government earmark additional funds for non-repayable contributions for National Housing Strategy programs designed to support the creation, repair, and renewal of affordable housing to offset skyrocketing borrowing costs.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
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Budget, Housing, Industry
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That the government ensures housing innovations achieve scale, by helping develop a robust innovation strategy for housing, including procurement policy and innovation centres for housing construction.
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Policies or Program
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Employment and Training, Health, Housing, Immigration, Industry, Labour
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That the government explore the interrelation of housing policies and programs with health, labour, employment, immigration, innovation, and industry.
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Policies or Program
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Budget, Housing
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That the government leverage federally owned land by leasing it at low rates to community housing providers for the use of creating housing.
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Policies or Program
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Federal-Provincial Relations, Housing
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That the government must lead a collaborative effort with provincial and territorial leaders to create shared housing initiatives and targets for each level of government.
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Policies or Program
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Budget, Housing, Taxation and Finance
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That the government should provide low-cost, long-term fixed-rate financing for constructing purpose-built rental housing
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Aboriginal Affairs, Budget, Housing
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That the government support a fully funded Indigenous-governed urban, rural, and northern (URN) Indigenous Housing Centre to develop and deliver an URN Indigenous housing strategy.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
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Federal-Provincial Relations, Housing, Infrastructure, Municipalities
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The addition of housing clauses in Infrastructure Bilateral Agreements between Infrastructure Canada and provincial and territorial partners that provide incentives to build the capacity of local authorities and redevelop existing assets to increase the supply of new homes across the housing spectrum.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Budget, Employment and Training, Housing, Labour
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The addition of skills development and human resource capacity growth as eligible expenses in all current and future capital programs and prioritization of the development and scaling up of materials and opportunities to professionalize the community housing workforce as part of future innovation and research-related initiatives undertaken by CMHC.
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Policies or Program
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Budget, Housing, Taxation and Finance
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The creation of an Affordable Housing Investment Tax Credit to incentivize private sector investment in affordable housing projects, while maintaining non-profit and municipal management
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Policies or Program
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Federal-Provincial Relations, Housing, Municipalities
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The development of integrated, aligned application processes to funding programs at all levels of government which are created in consultation with the affordable housing sector to ensure application requirements are accessible to community housing providers.
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Policies or Program
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Housing
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The establishment of a long-term national objective and annual targets for the creation of new community housing units in Canada with a minimum objective of doubling the proportion of community housing units by 2035.
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Policies or Program
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