Thursday, March 27, 2025
Feds announcement funding to build 767 new homes in Toronto
The federal government announced more than $365 million to build 767 new homes in Toronto. “Our Government is providing Canadians not only with safe, affordable…
affordable housing
Construction begins on social housing units in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
The governments of Quebec and Canada, the Municipality of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François and Accès Petite-Rivière marked the start of construction of Habitations Petite-Rivière, a six-building project that…
Plans to deliver affordable homes in False Creek North take major step forward
A land transfer agreement to the City of Vancouver that will deliver more than 670 affordable rental homes on three sites in False Creek North…
Province launches BC Builds to deliver more lower-cost rental homes
The Government of British Columbia announced the launch of BC Builds, a new initiative that leverages government, community and non-profit owned and underused land with…
Prefab construction helping Peterborough build affordable housing project
Construction of the City of Peterborough’s affordable housing project at 681 Monaghan Rd. has seen significant progress as precast structural loadbearing walls and precast floor…
Toronto breaks ground on first of two affordable rental buildings in Scarborough
The City of Toronto celebrated the ground-breaking of the first of two buildings at 25 Sewells Rd. in Scarborough, which will provide 201 affordable rental…
CMHC launches RFP process for an Indigenous-led National Housing Centre
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) launched a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) process, on behalf of the Government of Canada, to establish an…
Whitby receives $25M in federal funding to accelerate housing development
The Government of Canada and the Town of Whitby announced that they reached an agreement to fast track over 650 housing units over the next…
Feds invest $7M in affordable homes for Millbrook First Nation
The Government of Canada announced more than $7 million in funding for the Millbrook First Nation to build more affordable housing. This funding will assist…
Toronto breaks ground on affordable housing development in Etobicoke
The City of Toronto announced the ground-breaking of 172 affordable rental homes at 300-304 The East Mall, also known as Valhalla Village. The project is…
Lafarge Canada supporting 3D-printed housing project for Alberta First Nation
Lafarge Canada announced its combined effort with nidus3D in supplying its OneCem low-carbon cement in Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing project, aimed at addressing the acute…
City of Burlington to receive $21M from Canada’s Housing Accelerator Fund
The Government of Canada and the City of Burlington announced an agreement to fast track more than 600 housing units over the next three years…
Toronto announces development partners for co-operative and affordable housing project
The City of Toronto and CreateTO announced Civic Developments, Windmill Developments and Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto as the development partners for a new housing…
Builders call on governments to work together on housing supply crisis in 2024
With housing supply and affordability expected to dip even further in 2024, the Residential Construction Council of Ontario ( RESCON) is calling on political leaders from all…
Get on the Housing Bandwagon
By Richard Lyall The federal government’s decision to remove the five-per-cent GST on construction of new rental apartment buildings has come late in the game.…
Toronto announces opening of 57 new permanent homes at 39 Dundalk Dr.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, on National Housing Day, announced the opening of 57 new permanent, rent-geared-to-income (RGI) modular homes with wraparound supports (customized 24/7 support…
Canada and Quebec announce agreement to support accelerated housing construction
The federal government and the province of Quebec announced an agreement through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), under which Canada will provide Quebec with a…
Government to build nearly 30,000 new homes on surplus federal lands by 2029
Public Services and Procurement Canada announced that six surplus federal properties will be developed into more than 2,800 new homes in Calgary, Edmonton, St. John’s,…
Toronto receives federal funding to create 43 new affordable and supportive homes
The City of Toronto and the federal government announced a funding allocation for 43 deeply affordable supportive homes as part of the third phase of…
Federal government, City of Brampton sign housing accelerator agreement
The Government of Canada announced that it has reached an agreement with the City of Brampton, to fast track over 3,150 new housing units over…
Ontario creating transit-oriented communities along new priority subway lines
The Government of Ontario announced that it is planning to build approximately 5,900 new residential units near six future transit stations along the Ontario Line…
Government of Alberta celebrates opening of affordable housing in Fort Saskatchewan
The Government of Alberta, the City of Fort Saskatchewan and the Heartland Housing Foundation celebrated the grand opening of the Muriel Ross Abdurahman housing facility.…
Canada invests $93.5M to accelerate home building in Hamilton
The Government of Canada and the City of Hamilton announced that they have reached an agreement to fast track over 2,600 housing units over the…
Edmonton City Council gives final approval for new affordable and supportive housing
The City of Edmonton City Council announced the approval of two new affordable and supportive housing projects. The two developments—City-led supportive housing in Holyrood and…