Canada Housing Benefit

• Liberals set up housing council as 7 provinces sign up for rent assistance program

  The national housing council will work in tandem with a federal advocate that will help root out systemic issues in the housing system.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2020
• Alberta woman frustrated to learn provincial review means she is not on rent supplement program waitlist

  With two rent supplement programs currently under review by the provincial government, an Alberta woman hoping to be on the waitlist for one of them says she is frustrated.

  Politics

  Jan 21, 2020
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• Sask. Rental Housing Supplement replacement planned for March: minister

  The Sask. social services minister plans on bringing the Canada Housing Benefit pitch to cabinet for final approval, before passing it along to Ottawa.

  Politics

  Jan 15, 2020
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• Alberta, Feds set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

  Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding for their own.

  Politics

  Dec 26, 2019
• Ontario signs on to housing help from federal government

  The announcement Thursday on the $1.4-billion joint funding deal with Ontario will help the province roll out the Canada Housing Benefit next spring.

  Politics

  Dec 19, 2019
• Housing affordability: What has the Trudeau government done for you?

  Whether you're a homebuyer or renter, here's a review of major Liberal initiatives on housing affordability

  Money

  Aug 5, 2019
• ANALYSIS: National housing plan will help thousands one day but this week it helped Trudeau’s Liberals

  The Trudeau Liberals won lots of applause — and rightly so — for its National Housing Strategy. But the announcement on Wednesday also had the extra benefit of purging embattled Finance Minister Bill Morneau from the day's news cycle.

  Politics

  Nov 23, 2017
• Housing and homelessness conference in Saskatoon focusing on Indigenous issues

  The annual Innovative Approaches to Housing and Homelessness conference was held in conjunction with national housing day.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2017