Friday, October 31, 2025
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…
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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…
New Indigenous seniors housing facility opens in Calgary
The City of Calgary announced a new 12-unit Elders’ Lodge will support Indigenous Elders and seniors in need of affordable housing. $5.7 million has been…
Canada, Nova Scotia to build more than 200 new public housing units
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia announced $83 million to create 222 new public housing units, including 80 that will be fully barrier-free. The…
Ontario investment will support the creation of 39 units of affordable housing in Stratford
The Government Ontario announced it is providing $1 million through the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF) to create six affordable housing units in Stratford. In…
Toronto celebrates groundbreaking for affordable rental homes and LTC site
The City of Toronto announced the start of construction of 57 affordable rental homes and 256 long-term care beds, creating one dual-purpose building on city-owned…
Canada, Ontario celebrate opening of affordable passive housing project in Windsor
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced the opening of a 145-unit affordable housing project by the Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (WECHC). The federal…
Canada invests nearly $150M for new rental homes in Vancouver
The Government of Canada announced nearly $150 million in fully repayable low-interest loans through the Rental Construction Financing Initiative (RCFi) to build more than 364…
Ottawa one of 41 recipients of federal government’s Rapid Housing Initiative
The Government of Canada and the City of Ottawa announced the details of the $18.5 million in funding for the City of Ottawa, one of…
Ontario funds supportive housing project in Mississauga
The Ontario government announced it is providing $270,000 in operational funding for rent supplements and mental health and addictions support services for 40 new supportive…
Landmark Indigenous housing project breaks ground in Vancouver
The Government of British Columbia announced construction is underway on an Indigenous-led and focused development in Vancouver that will bring nearly 170 mixed-use homes and…