Mr. Speaker, currently, there are 13,000 people in the region of Peel waiting for an affordable place to live.
A resident of Brampton who applies for affordable housing today can expect to be on a waiting list for 21 years before a spot becomes available. The faint possibility of affordable housing in 21 years' time is cold comfort to a single mother with three children who is in danger of being thrown out of her home.
The government seems content to do nothing while thousands of our country's most vulnerable people are forced out into the streets.
Immediate action must be taken to increase the number of affordable housing units available to Canadians in need.