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House Hansard - 71

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 13, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 71 - May/13/22
Ms. Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion (Housing), Lib.)
  • May/13/22 11:32:04 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I myself have children who are millennials. I myself am having these discussions with my children about buying their first home. The Conservatives only ever talk about buying a first property. Yes, that is important. However, they never talk about social housing. They never talk about affordability. Ensuring that people can buy a house must not be our only focus. We also need to respect renters' rights to have a decent place to live. We need housing, not just home ownership.
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Context: House Hansard - 71 - May/13/22
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • May/13/22 11:32:38 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we absolutely are talking about affordability, and I will tell the member that the average home price in the GTA reached $1.25 million last month. That means an average homebuyer needs to have an income of $223,000 just to afford one of those houses. Families do not make that kind of money. Is the minister proud of creating a class of permanent renters because of the government’s lack of action on the housing affordability that the member is talking about?
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