Kitchener — Ward 3
3 candidates responded
Joanne Delaney-Fraser See responses
- Partner with non-profit and supportive housing providers
- Use publicly owned land for permanent or interim housing
- Increase funding for deeply affordable and supportive housing
- Establish and maintain clear minimum standards (sanitation, safety, outreach)
- Expand the hours and capacity of extreme-weather shelter protections beyond current levels
- Allow temporary encampments to persist while permanent housing options are actively being developed
- Establish clear regional leadership with coordinated municipal roles
- Actively advocate to the province for defined funding triggers and program supports
- Publish ongoing performance metrics (e.g. housing placements, shelter bed access)
Please describe one concrete policy, program, or decision you would support to address both encampments and permanent housing.candidate's own words
I believe that if we work together with the outreach programs, shelters and developers we could support those residents that are living in the encampment. We need to offer support for mental health, addiction and financial assistance to ensure that these residents will be successful.
Would you like to provide any additional context for your views on housing?candidate's own words
I believe that giving everyone the support they need is definitely the way to ensure they are successful. We can not just put people in places without the support they need to become financially successful.
Lurdes Jordao See responses
- Prioritize rapid acquisition or conversion of existing buildings
- Use publicly owned land for permanent or interim housing
- Increase funding for deeply affordable and supportive housing
- Establish and maintain clear minimum standards (sanitation, safety, outreach)
- Expand the hours and capacity of extreme-weather shelter protections beyond current levels
- Require that enforcement actions be linked to the availability of adequate indoor alternatives
- Establish clear regional leadership with coordinated municipal roles
- Actively advocate to the province for defined funding triggers and program supports
- Publish ongoing performance metrics (e.g. housing placements, shelter bed access)
Matt Parker See responses
- Creation of an arms-length housing corporation that can offer non-market rent gear to income options
- supportive housing
- co-ops and fixed price leases.
- Establish and maintain clear minimum standards (sanitation, safety, outreach)
- Expand the hours and capacity of extreme-weather shelter protections beyond current levels
- Require that enforcement actions be linked to the availability of adequate indoor alternatives
- Establish clear regional leadership with coordinated municipal roles
- Actively advocate to the province for defined funding triggers and program supports
- Publish ongoing performance metrics (e.g. housing placements, shelter bed access)
Please describe one concrete policy, program, or decision you would support to address both encampments and permanent housing.candidate's own words
A Municipal housing Corporation that can offer novel non-market solutions to address affordability such as co-ops, rent-geared-to-income units, fixed prices leases and mixed use developments. These tools are currently underutilized under the current planning framework.
Would you like to provide any additional context for your views on housing?candidate's own words
Affordable Housing means no more than one third of your income. We need to revert to this as a planning standard instead of the current CMHC market rate definition.
On the ballot but have not responded to survey (3)
- Shawn Bradshaw
- Jason Deneault
- Ismail Mohamed
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