QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to today’s meeting between the Premier and Mayor Tory where they discussed housing:
“We need real leadership to solve the housing affordability crisis.
Housing in Toronto and a growing number of cities across the province has become entirely unaffordable for most people.
Ontarians are spending …
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. Under the plan, he will:
Double Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) ratesMandate universal design to ensure that new affordable housing stock is accessible for all and create …
TORONTO – Mike Schreiner will make housing more affordable for first-time home buyers by cracking down on wealthy speculators and corporations.
“I understand how hard it is for families to afford a home in the communities they love and we have real solutions to help,” Mike Schreiner said at an announcement in downtown Toronto as …
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. That defeats the purpose of ending blind bidding, since it’s in sellers’ …
“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.
There’s cracks all over this bill’s foundation.
It’s a completely missed opportunity to:
Increase housing supply by expanding zoning options to allow triplexes …
“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%.
To learn that the government finally implemented this important policy is a win and welcome news. It will help reduce speculation and raise …
“Ontario is facing a housing affordability crisis and a mental health crisis.
The two are linked. And both crises have worsened during the pandemic.
Estimates are that up to 50% of people who are unhoused live with a mental health condition.
Mental health professionals are clear that the lowest-cost way to improve people’s lives and …
“Life is getting more and more expensive in Ontario, and the affordability crunch is hitting Ontarians with disabilities the hardest.
The average rent for a one bedroom apartment is over $1,000 a month, and even higher in cities like Toronto.
Yet the basic needs and shelter allowance for ODSP is just $1,169 a month …
“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.
The task force was clear in its report: affordable housing was not part of their mandate.
That is a failure …
“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.
But even if implemented, these recommendations will be undermined by the Premier’s obsession with new highways like Highway 413. Aligning development with …