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Ottawa chooses Canadian Housing Acquisition Fund to manage $1.5 billion affordable housing money

The massive new fund will help grant Indigenous, cooperative and non-profit housing providers easier access to capital to help buy and develop homes for lower-income Canadians.

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Special: Food and Housing Insecurity
Ottawa chooses Canadian Housing Acquisition Fund to manage $1.5 billion affordable housing money
The massive new fund will help grant Indigenous, cooperative and non-profit housing providers easier access to capital to help buy and develop homes for lower-income Canadians.
Food-rescue groups turn to processing facilities to respond to waste and insecurity
New facilities in Ontario and Manitoba aim to turn surplus food into repurposed products while expanding access to food assistance.
Explainer: The divergent fix-it paths of Ontario and B.C.’s condo oversupply problem
Both provinces have too many tiny, shoebox condos, but both are taking different approaches to fixing it.
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