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May 02, 2018 11:12 ET | Source: Habitat For Humanity Canada

Habitat for Humanity Canada welcomes new funding under the National Housing Strategy’s National Housing Co-Investment Fund

Toronto, ON., May 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The launch of the National Housing Co-Investment Fund’s housing construction and renovation streams today by Minister Duclos marks another positive...
November 27, 2017 05:00 ET | Source: Ontario Association of Food Banks

New Report Reveals Almost 500,000 Ontarians Needed a Food Bank Last Year Due to Rising Cost of Housing and Insufficient Social Assistance Rates

TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) released its 2017 Hunger Report today which reveals that 499,415 individuals – one third of them children –...
November 24, 2017 10:54 ET | Source: Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

Canada responds to years of pressure from community advocates by recognizing housing as a human right

TORONTO, Nov. 24, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For over seven years, the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and the Right to Housing Coalition - alongside housing advocates from across the...