Home builders association highlights Ontario's housing shortage during the election
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Greater Sudbury is the most recent community featured in videos from a campaign by the Ontario Home Builders Association.
The group represents those in the building, land development and professional renovation industry who are part of 27 home builders associations across the province.
They want to make sure the housing crisis, and the need for more affordable housing are up for discussion during the upcoming provincial election.
President Bob Schickedanz has been traveling around Ontario hearing stories of frustrated, and angry potential home buyers. The visit to Sudbury at the end of April is featured in the campaign's latest video, released on Thursday.
"The housing crisis persists and people that have good well-paying jobs, that are working in communities in Sudbury can't afford or find a house in Sudbury," Schickedanz said.
"Quite frankly I was shocked when I heard that people are looking as far away as communities like Espanola to find a place that they can call home."
Schickedanze said the stories are similar "in every corner of the province".
"This is not sustainable."
He adds that hearing about bidding wars between 10 to 15 potential buyers for one home is a demonstration there aren't enough homes available.
There is a housing shortage and the association wants the next provincial government to help address that. Schickedeanz said the problem will only get worse if it's not addressed.
"With the pending growth that we're anticipating, we need to in the next 10 years to build a million homes, just to keep up with the growing population demand," he said.
"In fact, the provincially released Housing Affordability Task Force speaks to the needs of a million-and a half homes in the next 10 years. That's a tremendous amount of housing, including the Sudbury area."
The association's campaign wants voters to ask local candidates how they'd address the housing crisis.
"We say build your next home with your ballot," Schickedanz said.
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