The federal government will announce direct rent support for low-income Canadians in addition to spending billions on traditional and new forms of social housing as part of the Wednesday release of its long-awaited national housing strategy.
A new portable housing allowance will top up similar provincial and municipal programs that provide rent subsidies for people on waiting lists for social housing.
The broad outline of the national housing strategy was announced in the March budget. It set aside $11.2-billion over 11 years in new money. A senior government official told The Globe and Mail that Wednesday’s announcement will include additional federal money, in part to pay for the housing benefit, that was not mentioned in the budget.
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