Our Message - Change Housing Policies & Unlock the Door to Home Ownership

CHBA NB President Bruce Carhart, 1^st Vice President Sherry Claybourn and CEO Claudia Simmonds were in Ottawa earlier this week for the annual “CHBA on the Hill”.  This event is coordinated by CHBA and is designed to bring our message directly to Members of Parliament and the Senate.  We were pleased to also collaborate with our colleague from the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association, Past President Andrew Holley, and together became Team Atlantic.

Just weeks before the federal budget is tabled, CHBA Member representatives from coast to coast converged in Ottawa and brought the same message to our MPs – change the stress test and mortgage regulations which prevented 147,000 Canadians in 2018 from owning their own home. Although designed to cool particular Canadian markets, these policies have kept many first-time-homebuyers out of the market and it is now time to adjust these policies. In total, 80 meetings were held with MPs, Senators and staffers.   Our advocacy package is attached to this email.  We were pleased to be a part of this advocacy initiative which is important for our members, our industry and for Canadians.

Meeting with Matt DeCourcey, MP for Fredericton

(l-r) Sherry Claybourn, Claudia Simmonds, Matt DeCourcey, Bruce Carhart, Andrew Holley

Meeting with Rodger Cuzner, MP for Cape Breton - Canso

(l-r) Andrew Holley, Claudia Simmonds, Rodger Cuzner, Sherry Claybourn, Bruce Carhart

Meeting with Senator Stephen Greene

(l-r) Andrew Holley, Claudia Simmonds, Senator Greene, Sherry Claybourn, Bruce Carhart