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There are some facets of the federal Liberal government’s national housing strategy, released in Toronto on Wednesday, that make a lot of sense.

No, seriously. I am not currently in the Postmedia concussion protocol as I write this.

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Much of the housing strategy is the kind of feel-good gobbledygook we have come to expect from the Trudeau government. For instance, there is a promise to declare housing a “fundamental right” and cut homelessness in half.

And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pledge to apply “gender-based analysis” to solving the lack of affordable housing means what, exactly? Contractors who receive government housing contracts will need to equip their carpenters with pink hammers?

Still, there truly are a few good ideas.

The Canada Housing Benefit (CHB), for instance, might just help tens of thousands of low-income families find affordable housing (or keep housing they are already living in) without creating ghettos or further distorting already overheated housing markets.