We need to do all of the above. Build Canada Homes is about focusing on affordable housing, starting with non-market housing and the deep affordability needed for supportive and transitional housing, in order to tackle the challenge we have with homelessness.
However, we need to be building across the continuum of housing and into affordable market rentals, which takes all levels of government co-operating, collaborating, working with industry and working with community housing proponents to get that type of housing. We lack housing that is more affordable than market—not necessarily deeply affordable. That missing middle housing is going to be critical to deliver in the years ahead.
