The Front d’Action Populaire en Réaménagement Urbain (FRAPRU) is calling on all federal parties to commit to building 500,000 social housing units over 10 years, saying the housing crisis is too severe to ignore this election. The group criticizes both Liberal and Conservative tax policies and says federal housing programs have largely failed to deliver … Read more
The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) is concerned that the Liberal government’s national summit on the housing crisis is just a way to buy time. “The Trudeau government seems to forget that it has set up a National Housing Strategy, which itself presents as a plan worth more than $82 billion over 10 years, … Read more
Despite the federal budget’s funding of $10 billion over five years for housing, the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain finds the April 7 budget lacking. The group would have prefered to see investment in not-for-profit housing, affordable social housing. The full release is available online. Call 418-956-340.
While the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain welcomed the Budget’s funding for the second phase of CMHC’s Rapid Housing Creation Initiative, the group wishes that Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) had announced significant investments in housing assistance. Call 418-956-3403.
The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain called on Finance Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), as he prepares his Budget, to provide supplementary funding to deal with the current housing crisis in Quebec and in other provinces. The full release is availbale online. Call 514-522-1010.
The Front d’Action Populaire en Réaménagement Urbain marched in the streets of Quebec City, one year to the day after the release of the national housing strategy, to express their disappointment with Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.). The group calls for the next budget (the last one prior to the 2019 federal election) contain funding … Read more
Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain has organized an historic long-distance march “From Cities to Villages for the Right to Housing” that will end in Quebec City on September 29th. This mobilization aims to highlight the serious denial of the right to housing that is prevalent in Quebec and Canada. Veronique Laflamme, the FRAPRU spokesperson, … Read more
The Front d’Action Populaire en Réaménagement Urbain welcomed the federal government’s national housing strategy, in particular the financial help for low-income Canadians. However, FRAPU is not in favour of the proposed housing allowance and would like to see the government do better on social housing. The full releasee is available online. Call 418-956-3403.
The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain, with support from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, held a protested on Parliament Hill in advance of the release of the Canadian Housing Strategy. FRAPRU and OCAP fear that the Canadian strategy will offer no new commitments than those already announced in the last budget, despite the requests made throughout … Read more
Le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain is disappointed with the small amount of money in the federal Budget to help with the homelessness strategy, which had promised by the Trudeau government. Starting in 2019-2020, only $255-million will be given annually to the provinces for a set of initiatives. The full release is available online. Call 418-956-3403.
