Chris Lewis
MP - Essex

Trudeau’s Housing Horror | Nov 13, 2024

Yesterday, Habitat for Humanity released its Affordable Housing Survey, showing the effects that Trudeau’s housing hell has had on Canadians.

According to this survey, 82 percent of Canadians now worry that the housing crisis is impacting the health and well-being of Canadians, while 88 percent of renters now say the dream of homeownership is out of reach. Worse still, 59 percent of Canadians – and 75 percent of renters – are having to sacrifice basic needs such as food, clothing and their education to afford rent or mortgage payments. Two-thirds of renters feel their mental health and well-being are impacted by their rent costs and one-third of homeowners say the same is true for the cost of their mortgage.

Common Sense Conservatives have a plan to bring affordable homes for Canadians. A Pierre Poilievre government will restore the dream of homeownership by axing the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million – a tax cut that will spark 30,000 extra homes built every year.

Conservatives will also tie federal infrastructure funding to housing completions.

Chris Lewis MP - Essex

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