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Millions of dollars in federal government funding helped to subsidize, repair or create 10,000 affordable housing units in the London region over the last two years, a London MP announced Thursday.

That includes $37.8 million to build or repair nearly 5,100 housing units, and $6.1 million in subsidies to make thousands of additional rental units more affordable in urban London ridings. Another $11.5 million was invested in communities across the Lambton-Kent-Middlesex.

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“There is, I believe, a real human right to housing in Canada. This moves us toward that,” MP Kate Young, who represents London West, said Thursday — a date dubbed National Housing Day.

“We all know in London, you don’t have to go very far until you find someone who is homeless.”

Some of the federal cash flowed through the National Housing Strategy, a $40-billion plan unveiled last year, which includes federal grants and loans to help municipalities launch new affordable housing projects and repair public housing units.