Prioritize affordable housing and seniors' housing as part of the National Housing Strategy.

What success looks like

Reduced housing need for seniors through rental support to reduce the cost of housing and enable seniors to age in place, and increased supply of affordable housing units specifically targeted towards seniors.

Government's narrative on progress

Budget 2016 provided a two year, $200.7 million investment to increase affordable housing for seniors and improve their housing conditions. Delivered by provinces and territories through the Investment in Affordable Housing, this investment was expected to benefit more than 5,000 low-income senior households, and exceeded expectations by benefiting 6,247 senior households. Building on this investment, the National Housing Co-Investment Fund, launched in 2018 and delivered as part of Canada’s National Housing Strategy, has a target to build an additional 7,000 new affordable housing units for seniors. The National Housing Strategy is a 10-year, $40-billion plan that will give more Canadians a place to call home. NHS targets over the next 10 years, include reducing chronic homelessness by 50%; reducing or eliminating housing need for 530,000 households; creating 100,000 new housing units, repairing and renewing more than 300,000 housing units, and protecting an additional 385,000 households from losing an affordable place to live.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.