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Mayors push Liberals on plan to buy distressed properties for affordable housing amid pandemic

September 16, 2020

Federal officials are ironing out the details of a program to help cities buy properties left vacant due to the pandemic so they can quickly create affordable housing.

The government has considered the property acquisition program for months as it looks to keep people falling into homelessness heading into the winter with temporary shelter measures set to expire.

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