First, I want to wish you all a happy holiday season. I hope you know how honoured I am to serve as your Member of Parliament and share my life with you.
Accordingly, I’d like to invite you to my Annual Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kerby Centre (1133 7 Ave. SW).
Next, I’d like to discuss affordable housing and helping our neighbours. Housing is a critical issue all year, but there’s something about the holidays that makes it stand out even more. Regardless of our backgrounds or beliefs, our common humanity connects us and reminds us to look out for our fellow citizens.
This includes addressing housing, because without a place to live, it’s very difficult to build a life. On any given night in Calgary, 2,500 people are homeless.
While affordable housing was ignored by previous federal governments, our Liberal government is making big investments in housing Albertans:
- YWCA Calgary’s new shelter in Inglewood.
- Horizon Housing’s 161-unit apartment in Glamorgan.
- 8 energy-efficient projects in Alberta, including YWCA Banff.
- The Ti’nu affordable rental housing complex.
- And more to come.
Accessibility is an important part of our housing plan, and something I’m especially proud to be delivering on. For people with a lower income, finding wheelchair-accessible housing in Calgary is difficult to impossible, so this is life-changing for many people.
Project by project, our national Liberal government is bringing affordable housing to Calgarians.
It’s one part of our huge increase in infrastructure funding. After just 3 years, we’ve invested more in Calgary than the Conservatives did in 10.
I’m proud to help more Calgarians truly be “home” for the holidays.
To contact me: email [email protected] or call 403-244-1880. Subscribe to updates at www.KentHehrMP.ca/email-updates.
