Dr. Carolyn Whitzman at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On June 3rd, 2024. See this statement in context.

June 3rd, 2024 / 5:15 p.m.

Housing Policy Researcher and Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

I would say that investment in non-market, low-income housing went up in the 1970s. It started to go down in the 1980s and continued its downward slide after the federal government got out of housing policy in the early 1990s.

I don't think it was associated with a particular party—either the good things or the bad things. It was something that was happening globally, and it's something we need to address.

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