A Statement On NDP Day Of Action On Housing – Irwin Elman NDP Candidate Don Valley West

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Statement On NDP Day of Action on Housing

Date; November 28, 2022

Every person in Ontario, including Don Valley West, deserves a safe stable roof over their heads under which they can create a home .  The Conservative and Liberal governments in the past and present have made it harder for Don Valley families to afford the life they are working for.

Today on November 28 an NDP Day of Action on Housing over 8,000 people in Toronto alone are homeless, many sleeping on snowy grates on our streets.

Over 100,000 in Toronto alone are languishing on wait lists for social housing

The average price of a detached home in Toronto has risen year after year at a rate of 30% to over $1,54 million.  The price of a semi detached house to $1.2 million and a condo to close to $1 million

Surely a home – an affordable, safe, comfortable roof over oneshead – is not to much to ask for people who live in Don Valley West. And across Ontario

On June 2 an NDP government will begin to address the challenge that Ontarians face in find in a place to call home.  I am proud of our plan to ensure that this crucial factor in the lives of individuals and families becomes a reality for each and everyperson in the riding

The NDP, when in government after the next election June 2, will:

Give financial help to renters who need it most

Help first time buyers with a down payment

Make sure what is paid by a new renter is what the last renter paid to end skyrocketing rents

Extend the life of 260,000 affordable homes, and build 69,000 new ones

Enact a plan to end homelessness within 10 years

Take om speculators and developers with a 20 percent Nonm-Resident Specualtion tax, a vacant homes tax 

I know the need that exists for far too many in Don Valley West.  I have lived it personally growing up as a child and I have witnessed it while living in the riding. I also know that it is long past time for Don Valley West to speak with one voice.  What we desire for ourselves we desire for all.  I believe this is a moment when we can join together in Don Valley West and help elect an NDP government that will centre every decision on the well being of people

Irwin Elman 

Don Valley West NDP

Irwin.elman@ontariondp.on.ca

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