Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Housing

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• GDHBA is supportive of the Housing Accelerator Fund which provides incentive funding to local governments encouraging initiatives aimed at increasing housing supply. It also supports the development of complete, low-carbon and climate-resilient communities that are affordable, inclusive, equitable and diverse.
• GDHBA is supportive of the introduction of legislation to enhance the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Rental Rebate on new purpose-built rental housing, to incentivize construction of much-needed rental homes for Canadians.
• GDHBA supports a national Home Renovation Tax Credit. In 2009 as part of the Economic Action Plan a 1 year HRTC was implemented to support economic recovery from the financial crisis. GDHBA is advocating for a similar program as part of post pandemic recovery.
• GDHBA supports indexing the GST New Home Rebate. The existing GST new home rebate thresholds of $350k and $450 were put in place in the early 1990s when the GST was implemented and have not been adjusted since then. Given housing price escalation over the past 3 decades - these GST thresholds should be adjusted to reflect current new home prices.

Policies or Program

• GDHBA supports aspects of the National Housing Strategy. We support additional funding for affordable housing and enabling partnerships with the private sector. We support the utilization of government surplus lands for affordable housing and retrofitting existing aging housing stock.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• House of Commons

Address:
7 Clair R. W. PO Box 27075
Guelph, ON  N1L 0A6
Canada

Telephone number: 519-836-8560