Episode 98: Home For Good Campaign

The Home For Good Campaign is set to raise $5M for supportive housing in Guelph and Wellington County.

This campaign is not without controversy.  
How much impact can philanthropy have on the housing crisis?
Might the need for affordable housing be best addressed through  funding by higher level governments committed to social and economic justice?

Glenna Banda of the United Way (Guelph/Wellington/Dufferin) provides an overview of the campaign 
and its progress to date.

Dominica McPherson of the Poverty Task Force 
speaks to how this campaign complements broader efforts to end homelessness.

Councilor Phil Allt points out that Guelph needs more than 1000 affordable housing units, and they don't come cheap.  The federal and provincial governments need to get back into the housing business because cities can't address this issue alone.

Permanent Supportive Housing is one part of the solution to this massive problem. 
The housing crisis has been DECADES in the making. 
Remember, the housing portfolio was offloaded from the feds to the provinces and then to Ontario municipalities in the 1990s.

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