affordable housing
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U of Waterloo team to investigate missing middle housing
University of Waterloo researchers hope to explore local barriers explaining the “missing middle” and identify feasible and efficient potential solutions for the affordable housing crisis.
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Intelligent City advances building innovation
Vancouver-based proptech Intelligent City has raised $22 million to advance building automation and support better design and production of sustainable, affordable mass timber buildings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Scathing critique of NS public housing tabled
Nova Scotia’s auditor general finds an absence of standard managerial and customer service protocols and a flawed application process within the provincial public housing portfolio.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New report details steps to restore housing affordability
To achieve housing affordability for everyone in Canada by 2030, CMHC estimates the country will need an additional 3.5 million units.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Affordable housing complex underway in Vancouver
A new affordable housing complex is underway in Vancouver bringing 114 rental units to individuals and families in need.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto rent bank strategy up for review
City staff recommends a permanent transition from interest-free loans to a grants-based model, while continuing to collect some of the outstanding loans previously disbursed through the program.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ukrainian evacuees arrive to housing scarcity
Newcomers will be confronting Canada’s affordable housing shortage, while also dealing with potential trauma, language barriers and the general culture shock of unfamiliar surroundings.
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Toronto frees up city-owned properties for affordable housing
The City of Toronto is reducing its office footprint from 55 to 15 locations and freeing up eight city-owned properties for affordable housing and other building priorities.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Dream unveils major upgrades to “Residence at Weston”
Dream announced it has secured a $153-million loan under CMHC’s new MLI Select insurance product to finance affordable units and energy retrofits at the Residence at Weston apartment complex.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Affordable housing gets nod in Alberta budget
Vast share of funding will be drawn from the federal government’s National Housing Strategy, but Alberta has pledged to augment those dollars with proceeds from the sale of surplus or under-used real estate assets.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
BCREA addresses challenges impacting BC housing market
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA), with support from the province’s real estate boards, has published a white paper offering recommendations to address BC housing market woes.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s Rapid Housing Initiative exceeds goal
The federal government announced that over 10,000 new affordable housing units will be created through the Rapid Housing Initiative, exceeding the initial goal of 7,500 new units.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Updated income thresholds peg stressed renters
Ontario applies CMHC data to estimate earnings needed in order to spend no more than 30 per cent of income on housing, and to define financially stressed renters.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Breaking the cycle of housing instability
A new report from the Urban Land Institute delves into the benefits and drawbacks of government policies intended to end housing instability.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Forum Equity Partners launches “REIIF” fund
Forum Equity Partners announced it has launched "REIIF", a private, open-ended fund focused on Canadian residential rental real estate.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto approves controversial Inclusionary Zoning policy
Toronto City Council has adopted the new Inclusionary Zoning policy that has been the subject of major contention throughout the past decade.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto’s Inclusionary Zoning policy advances
The City of Toronto’s Planning and Housing Committee has voted to advance the new Inclusionary Zoning policy in an effort to ensure more affordable housing units are built in the future.
