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Will ⁦@GeoffMacLellan⁩’s #affordablehousing task force do anything about #REIT’s?

REIT’s own or invest in income-producing real estate & distribute profits to their shareholders. Many are traded publicly on the stock market. #nspoli #Halifax cbc.ca/news/canada/fi…

2) @MichaelTGorman Nova Scotia's DM of housing said Wed. that non-profit housing will have to be "dramatically" expanded to address the province's housing crunch.

(Thus far both Geoff MacLellan and Tim Houston only seem interested in ‘market’ solutions.)
cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

3) One of the benefits of non-market housing is that the units remain affordable for the long term.

That's a key difference from many private developments that get govt. funding to include a handful of affordable units. #HRM @hfxgov @MikeSavageHFX @dubehalifax1 @HRMLovelace

4) #AffordableHousing #GeoffMacLellan #TimHouston

https://twitter.com/ma_mchugh/status/1501908852694036482

5) Jim Graham, executive director of the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia, said there has been no new public housing constructed in the last 30 years in the province.

@ahansnovascotia @LiberalPartyNS @NSNDP #CoOpHousing #NonProfitHousing ahans.ca

6) @RcuthbertsonCBC It is one of the latest in a string of so-called renovictions in the Halifax area by Adam Barrett, the 36-year-old head of BlackBay Real Estate Group Inc. There's indications it's earned him a big payday. #nspoli #Halifax cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

7)@tarynalgrant Aug. 2020: Fiona Traynor, a community legal worker who is now representing Baldock and Forrest through @dallegalaid, said Adam Barrett's tactics in this case and in those previously reported are unacceptable. She called it "strong-arming." cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

8) @judyhaiven Nov. 202: In addition to owning AMK, Adam Barrett is co-owner of Central East Developments in Dartmouth which has evicted apartment tenants; his company is also responsible for mass evictions in the Fairview area last fall. judyhaiven.ca/2020/11/01/bar…

9) #AdamBarrett #BlackBayGroup #Renovictions #Halifax #DartmouthNS ca.linkedin.com/in/adam-barret…

10) @HonAhmedHussen Federal housing minister tasked with stopping renovictions, but his own agency has been playing a role in them.

In Dec., @JustinTrudeau instructed Ahmed Hussen to develop a plan to prevent #Renovictions. @DarrenFisherNS @AndyFillmoreHFX #LPC #cdnpoli

11) When @scottbrison (who blocks me) calls for "government action", what he really means is more handouts to developers - which aligns with @TimHoustonNS's stated solution for #affordablehousing.

#nspoli #GeoffMacLellan @GeoffMacLellan @nspc @NSNDP theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

12) "The ways in which loans can be structured, the way in which money can be leveraged, has to change."

@leilanifarha also doesn't believe adding more market-value rentals will lead to lower overall rental prices. "There is no proof to that." #nspoli cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

13) As cities grow, the price of housing rises – even with no constraints on supply.

This is because dwelling units nearer the centre become relatively more attractive as the city spreads out. #Halifax #nspoli #AffordableHousing @GeoffMacLellan @NSNDP theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

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