Portable housing allowances
What do various organizations say about housing allowances? Portable housing allowances are advocated by the following organizations from all sides of the housing and poverty debate: Federation of Canadian Municipalities: “A shelter allowance is needed for working poor households – without forcing them first to enter the income assistance system.” (Moving Forward: Refining the FCM Recommendations for a National Affordable Housing Strategy, October, 2004) “The analysis of...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Government of Canada helps lower the cost of housing Conservative Housing and Construction Caucus applauds new initiative to help lower the cost of housing Ottawa – November 21, 2013 — The Conservative Housing and Construction Caucus (CHCC) is applauding an announcement made today the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, about new changes that will help support a number of existing social housing projects when their operating...
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Government of Canada continues to help lower the cost of housing VANCOUVER – November 21, 2013 — Today, the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development announced changes that will help support a number of existing social housing projects when their operating agreements mature. “Our Government is focused on helping vulnerable Canadians lift themselves out of poverty and lead successful lives,” said Minister Bergen. “Since 2006, in working with our partners, we’ve...
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News Release – Manitoba November 21, 2013 MANITOBANS INVITED TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF POWER SMART THROUGH PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS Saving More Power Means Saving More Money for Manitoba Families, Businesses; Helps Ensure Supply When Needed: Minister Struthers Municipal Government Minister Stan Struthers, minister responsible for Manitoba Hydro, is inviting the public to help Manitoba Hydro do more through its Power Smart programs to save families and businesses money at the same time as...
read moreSpring HOPE Food Drive collects 118,000 pounds of food
EASTERN ONTARIO LANDLORD ORGANIZATION News Release May, 2013 Spring HOPE Food Drive collects 118,000 pounds of food The Spring HOPE Food Drive is an annual event organized by rental housing industry associations across Canada to collect donations for local food banks at a time of high need. After all of the generous donations at Christmas time, many local food banks find their shelves are almost bare by early spring. The Spring HOPE Food drive has grown over the years to become the largest...
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EASTERN ONTARIO LANDLORD ORGANIZATION News Release September 23 , 2013 Ottawa helps tenants and landlords on property taxes As EOLO reported in March, Ottawa residential properties (including single family homes) saw total assessment increases averaging 26%. Multi-residential properties (“multi-res” of more than six units on a single roll number) went up an average of 52%. City Council could have allowed that value shift to push up taxes for properties in the multi-res class, even though the...
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EASTERN ONTARIO LANDLORD ORGANIZATION News Release September 23, 2013 City of Ottawa Lobbyist Registry The City of Ottawa Lobbyist Registry has been in place for a year now. The registry requires certain communications between business people (including rental housing executives and employees) and City Councillors or staff to be reported. What should you report? Lobbying activities that are designed to have an impact on city decisions affecting by-laws, programs or contract need to be...
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EASTERN ONTARIO LANDLORD ORGANIZATION News Release September 23 , 2013 New Ottawa garbage enforcement practices Garbage collection is quite a challenge for many landlords of both low-rise and high-rise buildings. The challenge is getting worse, and the risk of City fines or charges is getting more serious. To promote organic re-cycling and extend the life of the landfill, City Council recently reduced curbside residual garbage collection from once every week to once every two weeks. That...
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EASTERN ONTARIO LANDLORD ORGANIZATION News Release September 23, 2013 Applications to vary rent reductions The City of Ottawa will be mailing out notices of rent reduction to about 13,000 rental units in October or November of this year. Notices will go out to the affected landlords in September. The notices will state the percentage rent reduction which will be required unless the landlord applies to vary the reduction. A landlord may want to apply to vary the rent reduction for one or more...
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CFAA HOUSING POLICY STATEMENT Addressing housing and the needs of the homeless across Canada is a key issue for community leaders and policy-makers. Making sound decisions on housing policies depends on an understanding of housing markets and of Canadians’ needs and preferences. Housing affordability Expectations about the price at which housing can be built or rented must be reasonable. Because it is new, newly-built housing cannot be affordable without substantial subsidies. New housing has...
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