Carolyn Whitzman
@CWhitzman
Policy wonk. Loves: affordable housing, evidence, the public realm. Dislikes: xenophobia, cowardice. Author, Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis (2024).
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https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/4457/profile 04-05-2011 09:44:41
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Most bizarre hot take of the day. The majority of children in countries with rapidly increasing populations grow up without back yards. Conversely, unsafe unhealthy communities created by SFH auto-mobility are increasingly terrible for kids. The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/politics/opini…
Statistics Canada has just released a new report on evictions in Canada, which shows that #evictions are on the rise. Mirroring BSH research, evictions for sale, landlord-use or renovation are now the top reason for eviction, not non-payment of rent.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…
I was very impressed when Scott Aitchison & Michelle Rempel Garner publicly admonished Calgary for not adopting the recommendations from its affordable housing taskforce. Would love to see them have a public or private word with Doug Ford
Drinking tea with honey & gearing up for the next talk today - always a pleasure to chat with experts like Lisa Helps & Cherise Burda!
CANADA 🇨🇦 - 'The federal government will launch a new - Public Lands Action Council - this spring to spur collaboration and equip all players with the tools they need to build homes on public lands...' 🔑
#Budget2024 #AffordableHousing #CDNPoli
LINK - budget.canada.ca/2024/report-ra…