This is a page from the 2023 Prince Edward Island general election.
Housing & Homelessness platforms
Here's what the candidates in District 26: Alberton - Bloomfield, and their parties, are promising.Affordable housing
Green
Liberal
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Create new grant/subsidy programmes to support non-profits and co-ops constructing and operating affordable housing
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Expand low-cost financing to provide $150M of new incentives over 3 years to non-profits, co-ops, and developers building affordable housing
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Create a 10-year plan for providing accommodations to people living with mental illness without stable housing
NDP
Home construction and supply
PC
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Reduce building permit wait time to a maximum of 30 days by year's-end
Green
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Support new housing in rural areas
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Create programmes to address construction labour shortages
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Provide low-interest loans to housing developers
Liberal
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Allow community-funded housing projects to be funded under Community Economic Development Investment Funds
NDP
Home purchases and ownership
PC
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Launch a rent-to-own programme offering opportunities to purchase a home after renting it for 24 months
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Create a programme to provide first-time home buyers with up to $2,500 for closing costs
Green
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Create a flipping and vacant homes tax
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End blind bidding
Liberal
We don't have any NDP policies on Home purchases and ownership.
Homelessness
We don't have any PC policies on Homelessness.
Green
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Guarantee access to basic services like clean water, sanitation facilities, electricity, and heat for those living in encampments
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Move away from using police to respond to encampments
We don't have any Liberal policies on Homelessness.
We don't have any NDP policies on Homelessness.
Public housing
Rental housing
PC
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Launch a rent-to-own programme offering opportunities to purchase a home after renting it for 24 months
Green
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Increase compensation for tenants evicted without cause
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Establish a tenant advocate for IRAC tenancy proceedings
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Make the renoviction moratorium permanent
Liberal
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Increase rental subsidies for low-income Islanders
NDP
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Update the Residential Tenancy Act to better protect renters
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Create and manage a provincial rent registry
Shelters and homeless services
Short-term rentals
We don't have any PC policies on Short-term rentals.
We don't have any Green policies on Short-term rentals.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Short-term rentals.