According to a recent poll, housing costs—and the overall cost of living—weigh heavy on the minds of many Ontarians. As part of its strategy to increase affordability in the province, the Ford...
Canada ranks among the least affordable housing markets in the developed world, trailing the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a new report released today by the Frontier Centre for...
Canada faces an urgent need for affordable housing and the federal government is uniquely positioned to address it. It owns much underused urban land, has greater fiscal capacity than other levels of...
A new study from Statistics Canada linked a lagging construction industry and small businesses to housing affordability issues across the country. In a study released Wednesday, Statistics Canada...
New home construction has long been a cornerstone of Ontario’s economy, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs, generating billions in economic activity and tax revenue, and playing a central role...
City council’s big swing came in May of 2023. North America’s fastest-growing metropolis, Toronto desperately needed more housing—and a lot more variety in that housing—if it was going to accommodate...
The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) has launched the Future-Ready Design Guide (FRDG), a free resource tailored for multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. This...
Hopeful Canadian homebuyers waiting for housing affordability to make a comeback will continue to have their optimism and stamina tested as the likelihood of closing Canada’s housing gap further...
The federal housing minister says he wants to ramp up the lagging pace of homebuilding in some provinces by bringing developers off the sidelines and into Ottawa’s affordable housing projects. Gregor...
The dream of homeownership is alive, but not well. Nearly nine in 10 young Canadians (aged 18-29) aspire to own a home—but a similar share worry about the current state of housing in Canada. Of...