That is very interesting.
The government says it's doing something, because in 2017 it launched the National Housing Strategy in which it is investing $72 billion over 10 years. Still, there is confusion. Ministers are quick to say, in Ottawa and in the newspapers, that they are setting up programs to provide affordable housing. That is the goal of the strategy that the government has launched. But we know that when the strategy was launched in 2017, the government had stopped investing in this area 30 years ago.
FRAPRU has done a study that shows that, if the government had continued to invest as it did in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, 80,000 social housing units could have been built.
In addition, there is confusion between the terms “affordable” and “social”. Among other things, the government claims that it provides affordable housing through co‑investment programs and the rental housing initiative.
The government spends millions of dollars and says it is providing affordable housing, housing people at a lower cost, but that is not what is actually happening.
Could you tell us about it?