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Podcast: On The Way Home
Episode: A coalition for a National Housing Acquisition fund
Description: This week we are joined by Ray Sullivan the Executive Director of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, and Katie Maslechko, the CEO of Rental Protection Fund in BC. They along with two other partners, have come together to form a coalition called the âCanadian Housing Acquisition Fundâ, or âCanadian Housing AFâ. We talk about the need for acquiring affordable housing and not just building new, how in BC theyâve done a provincial version of this already with great success, and how the ask of $2.5 billion hopes to create 10,000 new affordable housing units over the next 2 years. Itâs one pod you donât...