Federal housing plan sparks fresh calls for Liberals to help homeless vets
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is facing calls to produce its long-awaited plan to help homeless veterans in Canada, after their plight received only a passing mention in the Liberals’ new national housing strategy.
The government has been working for more than a year on a plan to support homeless veterans and those at risk of becoming homeless, who advocates say need and deserve extra attention after serving in uniform.
The national housing strategy released by the Liberals this week did include a specific recognition that “veteran homelessness is unacceptable,” and that “one homeless veteran is one too many.”
But it was otherwise vague on plans to address the problem, stating without any specifics that it was expanding veterans’ access to affordable housing and working with other levels of government and civil society.