David Alton

Alton's 18-point Right to Housing platform includes a vacancy tax, multiplied social housing, landlord licensing, tenant supports, safe tenting zones, and reallocating police surpluses to housing.

• Launch a vacancy tax and acquisition strategy to turn vacant buildings, parking lots, brownfields and golf courses into social housing sites.
• Multiply Kitchener Housing and Region of Waterloo Housing stock; expand non-market partnerships for co-ops, affordable family housing and rent-geared-to-income.
• Consolidate a tenant rights hub: rent bank, property standards, eviction prevention, legal aid, tenant organizing.
• Require landlord licensing/rent registry; use renoviction and rental replacement tools.
• Ensure safe tenting zones: review bylaws for human-rights compliance; use public land for stability and healing.
• Reallocate police surpluses to the housing stability system; litigate the right to housing.

Confidence:High

Alton would explore progressive property tax reform targeting multiple-property owners and removing loopholes.

• Explore property tax reform with progressive taxation targeting multiple properties and removing loopholes.
• Make visible how much of the tax levy is due to federal and provincial neglect, via tax bills.

Confidence:High

Alton would reclaim police surplus funding for the housing stability system instead of policing.

• Police surpluses are leading to cuts in the housing stability system, including cancelling three social housing projects in 2026.
• 'We need to reclaim that funding for the sector trained for care not criminalization.'

Confidence:High