affordable housing
Design Quarterly
Vancouver fire hall with affordable housing opens
Vancouver’s newly-redeveloped Fire Hall No. 5 and YWCA Pacific Spirit Terrace has opened. The unique project provides affordable housing on four floors.
REMI Network
Vancouver to phase in 75% hike on empty homes tax
Vancouver will be phasing in an empty homes tax rate hike of 25 per cent for each of the next three years.
REMI Network
Tribunal upholds Toronto’s short-term rental by-law
Toronto’s short-term rental regulations are no longer in limbo after the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal dismissed operators' appeals on Monday.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing Now officially kicks off in Toronto
Housing Now, an initiative to activate City-owned lands for the development of affordable housing, has officially begun phase one of the program.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Affordable housing for all
As Canada’s federal election inches closer, and hopeful candidates criss-cross the nation making bold declarations about future reform, affordable housing remains a hot-button issue for all.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Feds invest in Toronto affordable housing repairs
The federal government has announced a $116 million financial commitment to help support of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation's 2019 Capital Repair Plan.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada invests in new lending institution to spur affordable housing
Through the Government of Canada’s Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, $20 million is being invested in a new lending institution called HPC Housing Investment Corporation (HI-C).
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Brightside announces plans to redevelop five properties
Brightside Community Homes Foundation, one of Vancouver’s oldest and largest affordable housing societies, announced plans to redevelop five of its current buildings in an effort to respond to Vancouver’s housing crisis.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ministers shift around expanded Ontario cabinet
The 28-member reconfigured roster brings some fresh faces to portfolios of key interest to the commercial real estate industry, but also leaves one of the most prominent players in place.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Calgary adopts new land sale policy
Calgary City Council announced it has adopted a new land sale policy in an effort to promote the development of more affordable housing.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Inclusionary zoning prompts debate in T.O.
Inclusionary zoning has become a heated subject once again in the wake of the Ford Government’s “More Homes, More Choice” action plan, otherwise known as Bill 108.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
“More Homes, More Choice”
The Ontario government's newly revealed "More Homes, More Choice: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan" aims to boost affordable housing supplies through legislative change.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Greenwin Inc. and Choice Properties complete acquisition of Toronto land parcel
Greenwin Inc. and Choice Properties REIT have completed the acquisition of 26 Grenville St. and 27 Grosvenor St. in downtown Toronto, paving the way for an expansive revitalization of the 0.9-acre property.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Slow approval processes continue to hamper new development
Current approval processes are hampering the development of safe and affordable housing in Ontario, according to a new research paper published by the OBOA.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
A new dawn for Toronto Community Housing
Toronto’s crumbling community housing stock is receiving some much-needed financial support to the tune of 1.3 billion, making it the largest federal housing investment in the city's history.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Feds promise more funds for new rental supply
The 2019 budget promises the second top-up in as many years to the low-cost loan fund supporting construction of rental housing.
Canadian Property Management
Let’s build something better together
The time is now to create Canada’s next generation of affordable housing across the country.
