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Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr speaks on federal budget to 'end homelessness'
Fuhr said the budget’s $45 billion homelessness plan could support more non-market housing starts and similar projects like Pleasantvale II.
- On Sunday, Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, discussed the federal 2027 budget at the Pleasantvale II apartment building, highlighting potential funding opportunities for local housing projects.
- Tabled on November 5, the federal government's 2027 budget dedicates nearly $30 billion to end homelessness within 10 years, alongside $15 billion to triple annual non-market housing starts to 24,000.
- "Kelowna always meets the terms and conditions, gets projects out of the ground and they do it quickly," Fuhr said, citing Pleasantvale II, supported by the Society of Hope, as a successful model.
- Fuhr expressed hopes that B.C. Premier-elect Lorne Doerkson will focus on the province's interior, while Black Press reached out to Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas regarding federal funding utilization plans.
- "Aggressive, but it's necessary," Fuhr said of the $45 billion total budget, adding Canada needs to "build out a new economy to meet our new reality" amid global economic pressures.
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