The City’s Affordable Housing Committee (FAHC) was created because the Mayor and City Councillors saw the need for the availability of more affordable housing units to ensure that every Frederictonian has a safe and affordable place to call home.
The FAHC recognizes the importance of improving housing affordability across the entire housing continuum for all residents and acts as an advocate for those who:
- are housing vulnerable
- have recently immigrated to Canada
- require affordable rent
- have special housing needs
- are in the circumstance of poverty
Committee members are dedicated to improving access to affordable housing in our city. In partnership with the City of Fredericton, the FAHC supports the following initiatives:
- Imagine Fredericton: The Municipal Plan
- Canada’s National Housing Strategy
- The Road Home: A plan to end homelessness in Fredericton & The Mayor's Taskforce on Homelessness
- Community Housing Transformation Fund
- Inclusion and modernization of Single Room Occupancy housing (CBC article)
Members
- Mayor Kate Rogers, Chair
- Councillor Jason LeJeune
- Kristi Allain – St. Thomas University
- Dominic Aube – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Shona Bowes – New Brunswick Housing Corporation
- Larry Collicott – Pine Valley Co-op
- Louise Lockhart - Public Health N.B.
- Madeleine Gaudet - Senior Wellness Action Group & Age-friendly Committee
- Amy Gorham – Gorham Real Estate
- Brent Greason - BMO Financial Group
- Ljiljana Kabala – Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc.
- Perry Kendall - Habitat for Humanity
- Randall Leavitt - Fredericton Non-Profit Housing Corporation
- Sandi MacKinnon - Greater Fredericton Social Innovation
- Erin Dyker – Inclusion Fredericton
- Jason Munn - RE/MAX East Coast Elite Realty - CEO/REALTOR®
- Christin Swim - Skigin Elnoog Housing Inc.
- Drashtant Varma – University of New Brunswick Student Union