Housing crisis requires innovation policy supports to boost construction potential, says housing expert
Canada will need about 3.5 million new housing units by 2030 to help achieve housing affordability for everyone living in Canada, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Canada can’t afford to waste any more time on housing affordability
Canadians expect governments to make smart investments, reduce administrative and regulatory burdens, and get units built in a manner that won’t trump quality and quantity.
Course correcting the housing crisis in Canada
Industry needs a predictable playing field, and Ottawa should take a more creative approach to both financing and regulation.
Nunavut’s infrastructure and housing crises are closely linked and need a federal partner to step up
New houses create additional infrastructure burdens on communities that the federal government must help them to address.
Resolving the housing crisis: governments and stakeholder collaboration is key
Collaboration leads to the identification and implementation of best practices, and serves as an effective instrument for non-inflationary economic growth.
Quebec mayors dismayed with Poilievre’s accusations of incompetence, but pollsters say Conservative leader ‘doesn’t have much to lose’ by going on attack
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ‘is looking at people to blame for problems that exist in the big cities,’ but the challenge is how to be relevant in Quebec, said pollster Greg Lyle.
Revamped design catalogue aims to grow more than just Canada’s affordable housing stock, says Minister Fraser
The housing design catalogue is a welcome ‘blast from the past,’ but the way in which new homes are built doesn’t have to be, says CHRA’s Ray Sullivan.
Gun control and affordability legislation provides much-needed ‘arrow in the quiver’ for Liberals going into 2024, say political strategists
Bills that received royal assent on Dec. 15 as the House wrapped up its work for 2023 include Bill C-21, the Liberals’ gun control legislation; and Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act.
Union urges public sector pension fund not to pursue rent increases, mass evictions at Toronto apartment buildings
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Starlight Investments are moving to evict up to 100 tenants who have been withholding payments in protest against proposed rent increases.
Greater investment needed in municipal infrastructure to accommodate housing demand, says FCM
A local infrastructure investment of about $600-billion will be needed to handle construction of 5.8 million housing units by 2030, according to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
