Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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…
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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…
Feds announce $95M in funding for affordable housing in Thorold and Newmarket
The Government of Canada, along with provincial and municipal governments, announced $95 million in funding for the construction of 60 new homes in Thorold and…
Toronto breaks ground on 725 new rental homes in Six-Points Interchange area
The City of Toronto celebrated the start of construction of 725 new rental homes, including 218 new affordable rental homes, at the first Housing Now…
Toronto’s Housing Now Initiative to begin construction at three sites
The City of Toronto announced it is making good progress on the Housing Now Initiative, creating new affordable rental housing on City-owned lands within mixed-income…
Toronto mayoral hopefuls asked to consider actions to boost housing supply
A leading construction association is proposing that Toronto mayoral candidates consider three actions that could be taken to speed up residential construction and boost the…
Toronto Mayoral candidates debate housing at industry-sponsored event
Six of the leading Toronto mayoralty candidates attended a debate sponsored by the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) and industry partners to address the…
City of Toronto welcomes the delivery of 57 new permanent modular homes
The City of Toronto welcomed the onsite delivery and craning in of the first modules that will become new permanent supportive homes for 57 individuals…
Vancouver celebrates opening of affordable housing project, Dogwood Gardens
The City of Vancouver is partnering with S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and Tikva to provide 138 new affordable homes at Dogwood Gardens, located at 603 West 59th Ave as…
New Brunswick invests in 47 mixed-market housing units in Saint John
The governments of Canada and New Brunswick announced an investment of nearly $16 million in a 47-unit mixed-market housing project under construction in Saint John…
Toronto announces opening of 59 new permanent modular homes
The City of Toronto announced the opening of 59 new modular homes with support services for individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Only a…
NB invests $102M for construction and renovation of public housing units
The Government of New Brunswick announced it will invest $102.2 million to build 380 new public housing units over the next four years and make…
Pilot project to help model digital approvals process for development
AECO Innovation Lab, the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) and organizations in the One Ontario coalition announced that CMHC has announced $2.35 million for a pilot to…
Toronto begins construction of affordable rental homes, long-term care facility
The City of Toronto and the Government of Ontario announced the start of construction of 390 affordable rental homes at 844 Don Mills Rd. The…
Forum launched for First Nations housing and infrastructure in Atlantic Canada
The Canadian Institute announced the Forum on First Nations Housing and Infrastructure Atlantic, to discuss the Federal Government’s multi-billion-dollar investment into Indigenous communities and projects.…
SPONSORED: Housing Supply Summit 2.0
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is hosting a free online summit on Oct. 6, 2022, to examine what has been done to boost the housing supply in…
Edmonton approves new affordable housing, eclipses four-year targets
With the approval of grants for 258 new units of affordable housing, the City of Edmonton announced it has surpassed its four-year affordable housing targets.…