Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-20
Registrant: Pedro Barata
Client: Habitat for Humanity Canada
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Government funding received:
Institution: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Amount: 8758243.04
Lobbying activity details:
Federal housing programs and funding for affordable homeownership partners and programs.
Housing and public infrastructure funding incentives delivered to muncipalities
International development funding to create opportunities for housing, and capacity-building to support housing.
Advocacy related to recognizing shelter as part of Canada's official development assistance policy and programs.
Funding to create opportunities for skills training on home build sites
Actions to support and sustain Canada’s charitable sector, include establishing a designated department for charities and non-profits and providing matching donations or other incentives that will encourage charitable giving.
National Housing Strategy - to discuss and secure opportunities for Habitat for Humanity to help to meet the aims of the strategy.
Federal support for HFHC's Indigenous Housing Program.
Investment in Affordable Housing funding for affordable homeownership partners and programs
Incentives and funding to encourage other orders of government to facilitate the creation of more affordable housing
Federal housing programs aimed at local governments
Federal Lands Initiative - encouraging the government to identify and free up unused federal lands for affordable housing purposes and to encourage and provide incentives for other orders of government to do the same.
GST treatment on affordable homeownership housing
National Housing Co-Investment Fund/Affordable Housing Fund