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News release
FCM welcomes new action to house vulnerable amid pandemic
FCM President Bill Karsten issued the following statement following today’s federal announcement on a new Rapid Housing Initiative.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
News release
FCM urges rapid housing solutions amid pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic compounds Canada’s ongoing housing crisis, FCM is proposing a federal initiative and partnership to rapidly repurpose on-sale private buildings as permanent, non-profit housing for vulnerable Canadians.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
Backgrounder
COVID-19 and housing: Critical need, urgent opportunity
The COVID-era real estate market creates a unique opportunity to tackle the housing crisis. FCM is proposing a federal initiative and partnership to help community housing providers acquire, repair and retrofit available buildings for non-profit housing.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
News release
COVID-19: FCM welcomes CMA Foundation donation to support vulnerable populations
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities welcomes this unprecedented philanthropic contribution from the Canadian Medical Association Foundation (CMAF) that will directly support vulnerable populations struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Community Response Fund for Vulnerable Populations will empower municipalities across Canada to better reach, protect and assist the most vulnerable among us.
  • Homelessness
  • Opioid crisis
  • Public safety
News release
FCM welcomes Canadian poverty reduction strategy
​​​​​​​Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) President Vicki-May Hamm issued the following statement in response to today's release of Opportunity for All, the federal government's national poverty reduction strategy.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
  • Inclusive communities
  • Poverty reduction
Submission
National Housing Strategy: Getting it right
Read how FCM’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus wants the National Housing Strategy to get it right and transform affordable housing for the next generation.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
News release
Municipalities bring local solutions to reduce poverty
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is putting forward local solutions today to reduce poverty across the country—with formal recommendations for the federal government's promised Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy.
  • Homelessness
  • Poverty reduction
News release
National Housing Day: New hope this time
FCM President Clark Somerville issued the following statement today, on National Housing Day.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
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