I believe that affordable,…

I believe that affordable, reliable housing is a human right, but I also strongly believe that protected lands, for example the green belt should be left alone. It is important to keep green spaces intact and keep farm land in the hands of family farmers. The urban sprawl is ruining what Canada is, it is taking away the raw beauty and turning it in to subdivisions and developments. I rent in a small town just outside of waterloo, my husband and I have been unable to purchase a house due to the extreme costs of homes in Ontario. Renting also makes it very difficult to save a down payment for these extremely expensive homes, we both make a good living but that is still not good enough. New subdivisions have been built in our area and many of these homes have been purchased as rental properties with rent being upwards of $3,000 plus. I do not believe that these new proposed homes will fix what has been going wrong in Ontario. These new homes also should not come at the cost of valuable farm land and protected areas. The Ford government needs to stop thinking about appeasing the top 1% of Canadians and focus on the working class.