Housing crisis: Clark prefers funding to Poilievre’s tax break – Sask Today

November 5, 2024

Saskatoon’s mayor, Charlie Clark, says it is too late now to change what has already happened.

SASKATOON — Mayor Charlie Clark said Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s plan of pulling money from the Housing Accelerator Fund if the Tories were to form a government would jeopardize the projects that would address the housing crisis in the city.

The HAF is a program where federal tax dollars are allotted to support local and municipal governments in building more housing units faster, increasing the supply of affordable homes, and developing diverse and climate-resilient communities.

“These projects would be in jeopardy without the support of the HAF funding. I am proud that our staff and housing developers have been able to turn around this HAF funding so quickly to bring these badly needed new units on stream,” said Clark.