A long-term vision for community social housing development is a must if it is to reach the acceptable percentage of 20%, but we need to take rapid action on homelessness if we want to solve the problem. I don't think $500 million is enough, especially considering that we should actually be investing $3.5 billion in the short term. Frankly, there's a long way to go.
The government should also come up with mechanisms for housing and regulate renovictions, so as to prevent as many people as possible from ending up on the street, unable to find housing they can afford. This is an issue that needs to be tackled on a number of fronts.
Clearly, if we want to fight homelessness, we will have to take action quickly, because the problem is getting worse. Homelessness is on the rise in small towns in Quebec, and I imagine the same is true across Canada, so we need to act quickly on this.