TORONTO — Mike Schreiner announced the People with Disabilities Support Plan this afternoon at a rally alongside the ODSP Action Coalition, Ontario Disability Coalition and Disability Justice Network of Ontario.…
Tag: Housing
Mike Schreiner will combat speculation to make housing more affordable for first-time home buyers
TORONTO – Mike Schreiner will make housing more affordable for first-time home buyers by cracking down on wealthy speculators and corporations.…
Blind bidding can’t be at seller’s discretion
TORONTO– Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to news that the Premier’s government is planning to introduce regulations regarding blind bidding:
“Home-sellers shouldn’t be able to pick and choose when the bidding process is transparent and when it is blind.…
The Premier’s housing bill is built on sand
“Today’s housing bill could have included real solutions. But instead the government offered up a poorly built, amateur plan that’s a bare bones construction of what’s needed to address the raging housing affordability crisis.…
More is needed to address rampant speculation & financialization in housing
“For the past year, I have called on the government to expand the Non-Resident Speculation Tax (NRST) to cover the entire province and increase the rate from 15% to 20%.…
Schreiner calls on Premier to tackle mental health crisis by investing in permanent supportive housing
“Ontario is facing a housing affordability crisis and a mental health crisis.
The two are linked.…
Schreiner calls on Premier to double ODSP rates
“Life is getting more and more expensive in Ontario, and the affordability crunch is hitting Ontarians with disabilities the hardest.…
Government needs to invest in deeply affordable housing options
“The Premier seems to think the market alone can solve the housing crisis. He’s wrong.
It will take more than the private sector to address the real housing affordability challenges that Ontarians are struggling with.…
Housing task force report gives Premier green light on Highway 413 and ignores need for social housing
“Highway 413 cannot be part of Ontario’s solution to the housing crisis.
I support the task force’s recommendations on more density and environmental protections and urge the Premier to adopt these measures.…
Schreiner repeats call for province to step in as shelter system collapses
“The shelter system in Toronto and Ontario is collapsing during a frigid winter, while the Premier fails to take any action.…