We need affordable and sustainable housing - and it's possible

There are so many ways to combine sustainability and affordability for housing. Hamilton provides an excellent example which could be replicated here. See this recent article in the Globe & Mail about the new YWCA affordable housing: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article-energy-efficient-homes-getting-easier-to-build/

The climate crisis demands that we stop constructing buildings using fossil fuels for heating - there are alternatives available. Town buildings and residences need to be retrofitted to use heat pumps and there is currently some federal funding available to assist with this. The municipality's share of funding needs to be designated in the 2022 budget to ensure this happens sooner, rather than later. We can't keep putting it off year after year. Investing in sustainable housing will help reduce carbon emissions and makes economic sense.