Housing
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- Three steps can signal the federal government is serious about homeownership affordability: expand GST relief to all new homebuyers, work with provinces and municipalities to reduce development charges, and fix the mortgage stress test.
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- Three steps can signal the federal government is serious about homeownership affordability: expand GST relief to all new homebuyers, work with provinces and municipalities to reduce development charges, and fix the mortgage stress test.
- An Affordable Housing Gifts program would remove barriers to companies and individuals looking to donate land to qualified Community Land Trusts.
- An Affordable Housing Gifts program would remove barriers to companies and individuals looking to donate land to qualified Community Land Trusts.
- An Affordable Housing Gifts program would remove barriers to companies and individuals looking to donate land to qualified Community Land Trusts.
- We can meet housing challenges, but only if every order of government and other key stakeholders work together with purpose and urgency.
- We can meet housing challenges, but only if every order of government and other key stakeholders work together with purpose and urgency.
- We can meet housing challenges, but only if every order of government and other key stakeholders work together with purpose and urgency.
- BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.
- BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.
- BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.
- When the primary goal becomes building as many units as possible, as quickly as possible, the needs and rights of marginalized communities can be
- When the primary goal becomes building as many units as possible, as quickly as possible, the needs and rights of marginalized communities can be
- When the primary goal becomes building as many units as possible, as quickly as possible, the needs and rights of marginalized communities can be
- Misalignment between federal, provincial, and municipal requirements causes delays that compound costs year after year.
- Misalignment between federal, provincial, and municipal requirements causes delays that compound costs year after year.
- Misalignment between federal, provincial, and municipal requirements causes delays that compound costs year after year.
- The REIT structure is a ‘democratization of real estate investment,’ not a tax loophole, says CAPREIT’s Larry Greer.
- The REIT structure is a ‘democratization of real estate investment,’ not a tax loophole, says CAPREIT’s Larry Greer.
- The REIT structure is a ‘democratization of real estate investment,’ not a tax loophole, says CAPREIT’s Larry Greer.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
- Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
- Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
- People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.
- People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.
- People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.
- The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA's Ray Sullivan.
- The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA's Ray Sullivan.
- The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA's Ray Sullivan.
- A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to
- A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to
- A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to
- The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of
- The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of
- The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of
- More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on
Opinion | April 15, 2024
Opinion | April 15, 2024
- More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on
Opinion | April 15, 2024
- More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on
- The state of flood and hazard mapping across Canada is varied, with some of the available data around 30 or 40 years old, according
- The state of flood and hazard mapping across Canada is varied, with some of the available data around 30 or 40 years old, according
- The state of flood and hazard mapping across Canada is varied, with some of the available data around 30 or 40 years old, according
- KAIROS echoes the call for the establishment and enforcement of a national housing standard to protect migrant agricultural workers. This must include ending indentured labour in
Opinion | April 8, 2024
Opinion | April 8, 2024
- KAIROS echoes the call for the establishment and enforcement of a national housing standard to protect migrant agricultural workers. This must include ending indentured labour in
Opinion | April 8, 2024
- KAIROS echoes the call for the establishment and enforcement of a national housing standard to protect migrant agricultural workers. This must include ending indentured labour in
- With emergency shelters overwhelmed, and alarming headlines telling of refugee claimants sleeping on the streets in Toronto and other major Canadian cities, this is
- With emergency shelters overwhelmed, and alarming headlines telling of refugee claimants sleeping on the streets in Toronto and other major Canadian cities, this is
- With emergency shelters overwhelmed, and alarming headlines telling of refugee claimants sleeping on the streets in Toronto and other major Canadian cities, this is
- The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, B.C.'s Rental Protection Fund, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada propose a national acquisition fund to move
- The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, B.C.'s Rental Protection Fund, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada propose a national acquisition fund to move
- The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, B.C.'s Rental Protection Fund, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada propose a national acquisition fund to move
