affordable housing
REMI Network
Canada launches multi-billion dollar housing fund
On May 2nd, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos was in Toronto to announce the launch of the National Housing Co-Investment Fund (NHCF)
REMI Network
Over 200 affordable rental suites set to be built in Downtown Toronto
Over 200 “affordable” rental suites are set to be built in Downtown Toronto as part of a 700 unit strong development in the city's Yonge and College area.
Construction Business
Horizon North acquisition expands opportunities
Horizon North Logistics has completed a $4.75 million acquisition of Shelter Modular, a modular housing business based in Aldergrove, B.C.
CondoBusiness
Ontario municipalities in charge of creating affordable housing
Recent changes to regulations under the Promoting Affordable Housing Act allows municipalities to require affordable units in new residential developments.
Design Quarterly
Haeccity Studio wins for affordable housing idea
Haeccity Studio Architecture’s ideas for creating affordable housing in Metro Vancouver has garnered them the top prize from Urbanarium.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba nixes tax break for new rental housing
Developers of purpose-built rental housing in Manitoba are losing a tax credit that has been available for the past five years.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Federal budget boosts rental housing loan fund
The 2018 federal budget commits $1.25 billion over three years to the Rental Construction Financing Initiative, providing low-cost 10-year loans for municipalities, not-for-profit and private sector developers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New affordable housing coming to Ottawa
The federal, provincial and municipal governments announced that they are investing over $74 million to create more than 675 affordable housing units throughout the city of Ottawa.
CondoBusiness
Ontario announces Inclusionary Zoning framework
Ontario's Inclusionary Zoning framework would allow municipalities to require the inclusion of affordable housing units in new development projects.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Purpose-built affordable housing planned for Kensington Market
Toronto’s Kensington Market neighbourhood will be home to the city’s first purpose-built affordable homes for homeless people in more than 10 years.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Feds open to private sector housing partners
As envisioned, the federal and provincial/territorial governments will jointly fund the 10-year, $40-billion package of policies and programs so many details are still missing or yet to be refined through future negotiations.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Focus on Affordable Housing
First National's Daniel Bragagnolo discusses the financing complexities of affordable housing and the advantages of CMHC's new Flex Program.
CondoBusiness
Affordable housing development breaks ground in Scarborough
The Daniels Corporation and partner Diamond Corp. recently broke ground on a new condominium community called Daniels FirstHome Markham Sheppard.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Edmonton welcomes new modular apartment
Edmonton's first apartment block made entirely of shipping containers is opening this month at 95th Avenue and 163th Street. Known as Westgate Manor, the three-storey, 20-unit multifamily development will bring much needed affordable housing to the area.
REMI Network
Vancouver quadruples purpose-built rental target
Purpose-built rental housing will quadruple – up to 20,000 additional homes over the next ten years.
Construction Business
Calgary to sell seven sites for affordable housing
The City of Calgary will be selling seven city-owned sites to non-profit affordable housing providers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
More purpose-built rental needed in GTA: CIBC
Preventing a full-blown housing-affordability crisis in the Greater Toronto Area will require GTA-specific policies aimed at increasing the supply of purpose-built rental units, finds a