Feds seriously up game on housing crisis, but smaller municipalities could be left behind

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Feds seriously up game on housing crisis, but smaller municipalities could be left behind
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With Sean Fraser’s recent appointment as minister of housing, the federal government is seriously upping its game amid a growing housing crisis. The introduction of the Housing Accelerator Fund represents a seismic shift in how the federal government has opted to directly intervene in the housing landscape in profound ways across the country.

This led to the establishment of a regional housing task force through the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville—representing a population of over 100,000. Through both efforts, it became clear that a heavy reliance alone on private developers to build enough affordable and attainable housing was wholly unrealistic.

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