NDP Promises to Construct Affordable Housing on Crown Land

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, right, reacts with MP candidate Nima Machouf, left, as he attends a campaign event with supporters during a federal election campaign stop in Montreal on March 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising to increase housing supply by freeing up Crown land for rent-controlled units.

An NDP government would use suitable federal land to develop more than 100,000 rent-controlled homes within the next decade, Singh said during a March 24 campaign stop in Montreal.