This is a page from the 2023 Prince Edward Island general election.
Housing & Homelessness platforms
Here's what the candidates in District 10: Charlottetown - Winsloe, and their parties, are promising.Affordable housing
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
Green
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
Liberal
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Allow community-funded housing projects to be funded under Community Economic Development Investment Funds
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
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
Liberal
Green
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Create a flipping and vacant homes tax
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End blind bidding
We don't have any NDP policies on Home purchases and ownership.
Homelessness
We don't have any PC policies on Homelessness.
We don't have any Liberal 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 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
Liberal
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Increase rental subsidies for low-income Islanders
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
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 Liberal policies on Short-term rentals.
We don't have any Green policies on Short-term rentals.