Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently stopped by construction site of the The Yorkdale Condominiums in the Lawrence Heights Community to make a special announcement.

Employing The Yorkdale Condominiums as a back drop, the Prime Minister unveiled the Government of Canada’s new Housing Strategy.  The goal is to create 100,000 new housing units and repair another 300,000 over the coming decade.  The details include the investment of $11.2 billion to address the urgent housing needs of 530,000 vulnerable families and individuals and to cut homelessness by 50 percent.

Joining the Prime Minister was MP Marco Mendicino, MP Adam Vaughan, MPP Peter Milczyn, and Mayor Tory.  Trudeau pointed out that this new housing strategy is an important initiative to address housing affordability and combined with investments from other levels of government, total spending could reach $40 billion.

The Prime Minister also took some time to view the master plan redevelopment and to visit with the construction workers, children from the community and perhaps take one or two selfies!

For more information on the Government of Canada’s new housing strategy, visit:

https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/nere/2017/2017-11-22-1505.cfm