grte@lemmy.caM to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoTrudeau unveils $6B housing fund — with strings attachedwww.nelsonstar.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months ago“Trudeau lights $6B on fire” - call me a pessimist but any time this happens it’s like “ok where did that money go?”, I don’t see this doing anything.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt’ll probably improve how we build housing. It may improve density. But I doubt it’ll make housing more affordable. And the $6b is supposed to be spent in infrastructure, which could be good. Depending on what municipalities/provinces decide to spend it on.
“Trudeau lights $6B on fire” - call me a pessimist but any time this happens it’s like “ok where did that money go?”, I don’t see this doing anything.
It’ll probably improve how we build housing. It may improve density. But I doubt it’ll make housing more affordable.
And the $6b is supposed to be spent in infrastructure, which could be good. Depending on what municipalities/provinces decide to spend it on.