Solving Canada’s housing crisis starts with a reality check
Would-be first-time buyers are stuck between choosing ‘too small’ or ‘too expensive.’ A vibrant housing system needs to include options and opportunity across its entire continuum.
Housing: Modular and Affordable
Canada’s stale housing policies need renewal
It’s time to bring Canada’s housing policy out of the past so we can begin to address the urgent needs of today.
Build more homes—but don’t lock Canada into higher emissions
The choices Canada makes now will shape both its housing market and its emissions profile for a generation.
Ottawa’s $13-billion housing gamble is missing a critical safeguard
An occupational therapy review of standardized modular templates could ensure that every unit built from those plans meets basic functional accessibility standards.
Building codes are undermining the promise of modular housing
The residential construction sector can’t use new technologies like modular housing while operating in a fragmented, constantly shifting regulatory environment.
Are programs in search of a policy or a Canadian housing system?
Canada’s housing crisis did not emerge overnight, and it will not be solved by any single initiative.
Housing Minister Robertson ‘well regarded’ for municipal background, but needs a vision for housing, say sector experts
Canada is still nowhere near the level needed to make housing affordable for the middle class, and despite Robertson’s municipal bonafides, the federal plan is still not well defined, say observers and critics.
Nuancing our understanding of Canada’s housing affordability crisis
Treating the housing crisis as singular supply issue risks missing both the problem and the solution.
This one policy could allow Canada to dramatically reduce land costs for affordable housing
An Affordable Housing Gifts program would remove barriers to companies and individuals looking to donate land to qualified Community Land Trusts.
