QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to new data from the Financial Accountability Office showing that in order to reach the government’s target of 1.5 million homes by the end of 2031, Ontario would need to build an average of 38,600 units each quarter, a 66 percent …
Tag: Housing
Mike Schreiner stands with groups calling out the Premier’s housing failures
GUELPH — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of an open letter from a broad-based coalition of Ontario organizations calling on the government to abandon its most recent housing bill, Bill 185, and the accompanying changes to the Provincial Planning Statement.
“I stand with the many community …
The Premier’s housing plan is a disaster – and these numbers prove it
KITCHENER — MPP Aislinn Clancy and MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that housing starts in April slumped to a six-year low.
“After five years of dithering, scandal and flip-flops, the new figures on housing starts are conclusive proof that the government has no clue how to solve …
Clock runs out on the Premier’s affordable housing failures
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the federal government will transfer funding for affordable housing directly to city service managers, after the provincial government failed to meet its construction targets.
“While I’m glad that Ontario municipalities will still get the funding they need to …
Schreiner tables motion to use vacant land to build more homes
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner has tabled a motion calling on the government to implement a plan to effectively utilize available vacant land to increase the supply of affordable homes within existing boundaries.
“Time and time again, the government has failed to put forward any serious solutions to increase Ontario’s …
Overuse of AGIs is costing Ontarians their homes
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Clancy and MPP Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that just 20 corporate landlords filed over half of the applications for above-guideline rent increases (AGIs) in the first eight months of 2022.
“The overuse of AGIs in Ontario is costing people their homes.
With increasing frequency, renters …
The government admits defeat on housing
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s proposed housing legislation.
“With this bill, the government is effectively admitting defeat after five years of housing failures.
Instead of taking big and bold leadership to build more homes that people can afford, they’re tinkering around the edges and shifting …
MPP Clancy and MPP Schreiner call on the government to pass Keeping People Housed Act
QUEEN’S PARK — Today, MPP Aislinn Clancy and MPP Mike Schreiner were joined by tenants from the Kitchener riding to call on the government to pass Clancy’s private members’ bill, the Keeping People Housed Act.
Kitchener tenants Karolina Kruk and Leonard Shushan, both of whom have been fighting bad-faith evictions from their apartments …
The government fudging their own housing numbers
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government wants to include the creation of student residences toward its goal of building 1.5 million homes.
“The lengths this government will go to in order to distract from its rock-bottom housing record are outrageous.
Instead of stepping up …
The government blocking Ontario’s housing progress
GUELPH — Leader Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to the Premier’s comments suggesting that he will not accept the federal government’s $5 billion funding offer that requires the province to legalize fourplexes province-wide.
“You’d think that a government that has altogether failed to fix Ontario’s housing crisis would welcome $5 …