A Housing Policy That Actually Helps
"This isn’t a silver bullet for the housing crisis. No single policy change will be. But it is meaningful because it represents real savings for people trying to enter the housing market."
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A Generation Without a Future
"If hard work does not lead to the future you hoped for, or even to basic security, it becomes difficult to stay motivated. It is fair to ask why anyone would keep pushing when the reward feels permanently out of reach."
More Action Less Pondering
"We talk endlessly. About how we got here. About root causes. About innovative policies and promising ideas. About what other cities are doing and what different levels of government are or are not responsible for. We hold panels. We write reports. We study the problem from every possible angle. And at the end of all that, we still don’t have enough housing. Because we are pondering in a crisis."
Hope for the Season
"But this holiday season, we need to bring hope back into the housing conversation. We can’t settle for the status quo. We can’t allow another generation to lose faith that safe, stable housing is possible."
Houses and Homes
"Our relationship to housing feels different today. It used to be a home first and an asset second. Now it often feels like that order is reversed."
Unintended Consequences
"Housing is so important, but it’s more than just a roof. We can’t reduce people and homes to simple numbers. We need housing designed for people"
Who Are Homes For?
"It’s possible a different approach could be cheaper but doing what’s been done means known cost. Innovation is risky, especially when delays can sink a project. So we get more of what’s already been built, homes shaped by financial predictability, not by livability."
Two Worlds One Truth
"No number of extra shifts at work or cutting back on dinners out is going to bridge that gap."
OpenText Celebrates 35 Years by Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region
“Strong communities are built when compassion meets action — and that’s exactly what this partnership represents,” said Julie Millard, VP, Corporate Citizenship at OpenText.
City of Waterloo finalizes land transfer to Habitat for Humanity/BUILD NOW for one of Canada’s largest affordable housing projects
In a bold and visionary step toward solving the housing crisis, the City of Waterloo has finalized the transfer of city-owned land at 2025 University Avenue East for one of the largest and most ambitious affordable housing projects in Canada.
