In Quebec, when the federal government got out of the financing of social housing in 1994, the government, first the Parti Québécois—but then the Liberals did also go on with it—created their own program for social housing, co-op housing, and non-profit housing. It has proven that it helps. It's not enough, but it helps poor people and gets people out of the streets.
On October 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.