Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for Housing

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PRINCIPLES FOR FURTHER FEDERAL INVESTMENT(S) IN HOUSING

       
  • Provinces and Territories have primary responsibility for the design and delivery of housing programs/initiatives within their jurisdictions;  

       
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  • Provinces and Territories require flexible funding and programs/initiatives to address their housing needs and priorities;      

       
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  • New federal funding should support Provincial/Territorial (P/T) strategic planning and investments already made by P/T jurisdictions;      

       
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  • New federal funding should make use of delivery capacity and infrastructure within P/T jurisdictions, and not establish new federal administrative or bureaucratic infrastructure;    

       
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  • New federal funding should be provided to Provinces and Territories as direct transfers, and should not require Provinces and Territories to cost-match or cost-share, as many P/T jurisdictions would find a further cost matching requirement difficult to achieve;      

       
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  • New federal funding should address both urban and non-urban housing needs;      

       
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  • New investments in housing should recognize that Federal/Provincial/Territorial (F/P/T) Ministers have committed to continue to examine long term sustainable improvements to the business and tax climate for affordable housing for low to moderate income households;    

       
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  • Funding for new housing programs/initiatives should be both sustainable and be complementary to P/T and F/P/T long-term affordable housing strategies; and      

       
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  • Funding allocations should be based on P/T housing need, and not solely a per capita formula.