affordable housing
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.
REMI Network
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.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Greenwin, Kingsett selected as Housing Now development partners
The City of Toronto and CreateTO have announced the development partners for two Housing Now sites in Toronto.
Construction Business
Work begins on new Tsawout First Nation housing
Construction is underway on a new affordable housing development on the Tsawout First Nation in Central Saanich.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario realtors call on government to update zoning laws
The Ontario Real Estate Association is calling on the provincial government to cut red tape and update exclusionary single-family zoning laws in high-demand areas.
Design Quarterly
Housing for women project receives city approval
GBL Architects has received City of Vancouver Council approval for their new housing development at 546 West 13th Avenue.
REMI Network
U.S. low-income housing developer honoured by ULI
U.S. developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, known for raising the bar for low-income housing, was recently awarded the Urban Land Institute's "Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development".
