It probably won't be a big leap to actually develop this program. It would be a program on its own. Public housing is still a need, and we will still be looking at that. However, we do currently provide a transitional rent supplement program that is ineffective because it ends after two years and, in my opinion, people don't often have the skills that they need or the income to be able to be left without that support. So instead of having a transitional rent support program, it's merely transferring it over and actually having more of a long term. Like I said, it is more cost effective to provide subsidies to people to deal with affordability than try to build new buildings. The longer-term plan would be to have buildings, but the shorter-term intervention is to provide subsidies.
Caroline Cochrane on Question 642-18(2): Rental Accommodation Subsidies
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.
Question 642-18(2): Rental Accommodation Subsidies
Oral Questions
February 22nd, 2017
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