Social Housing Modernization and the National Housing Strategy Margie Carlson and Simone Swail Social Housing Modernization and the National Housing Strategy 1
Welcome! Simone Swail Manager, Government Relations CHF Canada Ontario Region Margie Carlson Deputy Executive Director Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association Today s Goals Update Engage Learn 2
Who is in the Room? NATIONAL HOUSING STRATEGY 3
National Housing Strategy $40-B+ plan (includes: federal investment, predicted provincial costsharing and low-interest financing Aimed at: Building 100,000 new units Repairing and renewing 300,000 units Protecting affordability for 385,000 households currently in subsidized units Lifting 530,000 households out of core housing need Supporting 300,000 households through new Canada Housing Benefit Reducing chronic homelessness by 50% over 10 years National Housing Strategy Federal Community Housing Initiative ($500 million) National Housing Co-Investment Fund ($15.9 billion) Canada Community Housing Initiative ($4.3 billion) Canada Housing Benefit ($4 billion) 8 4
How co-op homes will be protected to 2020 Federal Community Housing Initiative ($500 million) Federally-administered agreements Phase 1: for co-ops with expiring agreements between April 2016 and March 2020. Phase 2: co-developed solution for co-ops for remainder of the NHS (2020-2028). 9 Renewal and Growth National Housing Co-Investment Fund($15.9 billion) Build 60,000 units Repair 240,000 units Criteria: partnerships, affordable, green, accessible 5
National Co-Investment Fund Repair and Renewal Housing Construction $3.46B repayable loans and $2.26B capital contributions $5.19B repayable loans and $2.26B capital contributions 10 year terms/40 yr amortization 10 year terms/50 yr amortization 95% loan to cost 95% loan to cost Building New Co-ops 50,000 new units of community housing, incl. co-ops by 2028 Goal to build 100,000 new units of rental by 2028 Federal government to transfer $200 million in ands and remediation funds to housing providers 12 6
Other Major Components of the Strategy New federal legislation coming in 2018 Housing rights as human rights Requirement to have a National Housing Strategy Federal Housing Advocate National Housing Council Public engagement campaign Coming in 2020 - Redesigned federal homelessness program Other Major Components of the Strategy 2018 signed Canada-Ontario Agreement Programs coming in 2019 Canada Community Housing Initiative Federal-Provincial/Territorial Fund (Successor to Investment in Affordable Housing Program) Programs coming in 2020 Canada Housing Benefit 7
National Housing Strategy Key Points Opportunity to stack funding from various initiatives Commitment to target vulnerable populations Funding for enhanced research and data collection Comprehensive measurement and reporting framework National Housing Strategy Key Points Introduction of a Sector Transformation Fund and Technical Resource Centre for housing providers $68 million over 10 years Support housing providers through changes and modernization of sector Across Canada 8
Bilateral Agreement Ontario and the Federal Government signed the first bilateral agreement in May Designed so that municipalities, not province, carry the financial burden 2018 REGIONAL MEETINGS SOCIAL HOUSING MODERIZATION 9
Exercise: Where do you want to be in 2038? Ontario s Proposed Modernized Framework A modern framework is intended to enable housing providers to: Operate with financial independence and flexibility Maintain their social purpose Effectively manage social housing portfolios Foster healthy communities Foster innovation 10
Ontario s Proposed Modernized Framework Key Principles of a Modern Framework: People-centred Partnership-based Community-driven Efficient and Responsive Ontario s Proposed Modernized Framework Key Elements of a Modern Framework: System Stewardship (Province) Service System Management (Service Managers) Registry of Housing Providers with a Social Purpose Capacity Building for Housing Providers 11
Registry of Housing Providers with a Social Purpose Accreditation Access to benefits and funding Interventions and Remedies ONPHA s response Members: Support modernization efforts Believe the framework must apply broadly (E.g. private sector and affordable rental providers) Members want: flexibility to modify, repurpose and expand more information, engagement and consultation more information on funding before providing final comments 12
CHF Canada s Response New model must be based on partnerships, not compliance Must fix negative operating subsidy Allow co-ops to act in businesslike manner, which will help create new supply of affordable housing Exercise: Group Discussion 13
MOVING FORWARD What are the potential new government s affordable housing priorities? Housing Priorities Liberal PC NDP New Affordable Housing Signed on to National Housing Strategy $3 million Seed Funding for Co-op Development Increase the supply of affordable housing across the GTA while protecting the Greenbelt in its entirety. Sign on to National Housing Strategy 65,000 new units (20,000 from National Housing strategy) over 10yrs. 30,000 new supportive housing unit over 10 yrs. $3 million Seed Funding for Co-op Development 14
What are the potential new government s affordable housing priorities? Housing Priorities Liberal PC NDP Repairing existing social housing $547 million for repair and retrofit over 5 yrs Cover 1/3 cost of repairing social housing Housing Benefits or other income supports Yes, included as part of National Housing Strategy $3.8 billion in new support for mental health, addictions and housing supports over 10 yrs. Yes, included as part of National Housing Strategy Inclusionary zoning Yes, passed final regulations in May. Yes, will enhance current rules Advocacy and Government Relations 15
Stronger Together Building on the success of past shared initiatives (Where s Home?), CHF Canada Ontario Region and ONPHA released Affordable Today. Affordable Tomorrow. (Visit CHF Canada s website to download) Stronger Together On May 17, 2018 CHF Canada Ontario Region and ONPHA released a joint Affordable Housing Plan for Ontario. Which called for: 69,000 affordable rental homes over the next 10 years Income supports for 311,000 Ontario households Extending the life of 260,000 communityowned rental homes 30,000 new supportive housing units over the next 10 years 16
Sector Led Transformation Sector Led Transformation Bid Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation s (CMHC) RFP for a Technical Resource Centre NP and Co-op partners responded together Launching fall 2018 33 Questions? 17
Thank you! chfcanada.coop onpha.on.ca 18