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Canada’s housing crisis stems from two major gaps: affordability and supply. The prevailing wisdom is that we can build our way out of both. The logic of the Carney government’s Build Canada Homes...

The City of Greater Sudbury’s adoption of the new federal Housing Design Catalogue could help smaller homebuilders and homeowners, but larger, more established homebuilders as unlikely to benefit as...

To address Canada’s housing crisis, the Carney government made the promise to build 500,000 new homes per year and it launched a new federal initiative to boost the country’s housing construction...

Every person in Canada deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Solving Canada's housing crisis requires immediate action to build more homes, faster, while ensuring housing meets the needs...

Far too many Canadians are struggling to find homes they can afford. Solving Canada’s housing crisis requires immediate action to bring down costs, cut red tape, and build homes more quickly. The...

The Government of Canada today announced that Bill C‑20, the Build Canada Homes Act, has received Royal Assent, marking an important milestone in the Government’s plan to build more homes, faster and...

Halton Region approved $13.475-million in funding for construction of the proposed Indwell affordable housing building at Waterdown Road in Burlington. Along with approximately $5.49-million from the...

The Ontario government is providing more than $8 million to the City of Kitchener as a reward for the city exceeding 80 percent of its housing target last year. Kitchener broke ground on 3,005 new...

The Huntsville and Area Historical Society (HAHS) is urging the Town of Huntsville to take action to protect its built heritage, including introducing financial incentives for property owners and...

Under a new federal-municipal housing partnership, the City of Ottawa will see up to 3,000 new mixed-income affordable homes. Delivering on that commitment, Prime Minister Mark Carney recently...

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