An AFFORDABLE Housing Plan for Stratford includes CLTs!

Stratford City Council; Kim McElroy, Director of Social Services, City of Stratford; Jeff Wilson, Manager of Housing, City of Stratford; Adam Betteridge Director of Building and Planning Services, City of Stratford

People at all income levels deserve homes that are affordable for them. Community Land Trust (CLTs) ensure affordable housing stays affordable. Forever. Say Something! Let our City Staff and Council know that you support truly affordable housing in Stratford-Perth!

To: Stratford City Council; Kim McElroy, Director of Social Services, City of Stratford; Jeff Wilson, Manager of Housing, City of Stratford; Adam Betteridge Director of Building and Planning Services, City of Stratford
From: [Your Name]

We the undersigned, as Stratford residents and members of Stratford’s workforce, petition Stratford City Council to direct all applicable City staff to meaningfully collaborate with us, to begin development and implementation of a comprehensive and truly affordable housing plan which:

1) in keeping with Stratford’s (current, 2019) Official Plan and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)’s definition, defines affordable as up to 30 percent of a household’s gross income

2) accommodates all income levels as a Proportionally Mixed Income (PMI) Affordable Housing Plan, designed to provide housing across all incomes.

3) centres on the creation of Community Land Trusts in Stratford.

4) in keeping with Canada’s National Housing Strategy (NHS) Act, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 25), ensures suitable and affordable housing as a human right for all our residents.

We are asking Council to commission a comprehensive, publicly accessible inventory of all City-owned land and property and the creation of a land and property bank for the implementation of a PMI Affordable Housing Plan for Stratford prior to any new housing developments being funded or incentivized by the City.