36 h. ago Proposed zoning bylaw won't help Ottawa's housing crisis, says advocate

The comprehensive zoning bylaw proposes caps to building height in some low-density neighbourhoods.

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36 h. ago Proposed zoning bylaw won't help Ottawa's housing goals, says advocate

The comprehensive zoning bylaw proposes caps to building height in some low-density neighbourhoods.

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6 d. ago Trump admin sues Los Angeles, claims it’s hindering immigration enforcement

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court says Los Angeles' 'sanctuary city' ordinance hinders White House efforts to crack down on what it calls a 'crisis of illegal immigration.'

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1 week ago Is Canada setting itself up for a big home price spike in 2030?

Down to Business podcast talks to Mike Moffatt, founding director of the Missing Middle Initiative, about where the housing crisis started and where we should go from here

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1 week ago Developer makes his pitch: Renting our way out of the Canadian housing crisis

How Canada Wins: Fitzrovia CEO says purpose-built rentals aren't the same as condos. But governments need to help kick-start construction

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1 week ago Letters June 25, 2025: ‘We need to get creative to solve this housing crisis.’

CO-OP HOUSING Apart from the fact that young potential home buyers face a multitude of obstacles when attempting to become a homeowner, such as mortgage costs, large down payments, huge development fees and costs, I suggest that our government and developers concentrate on building co-operative housing to allow the 40-year-old generation to move out of […]

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1 week ago Report says hoping for Canadian housing prices to plummet is not realistic

Canada must dramatically increase the pace of home construction — nearly doubling current annual housing starts — to address the country's deepening housing affordability crisis, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).In its updated annual analysis of Canada's housing supply shortage, CMHC estimates that the country needs to build between 430,000 and 480,000 housing units annually until 2035, up from the current trajectory of about 250,000 units per year. The aim is to restore affordability to levels last seen in 2019, prior to the pandemic-driven housing boom.The federal Crown corporation has shifted its modelling framework to a rolling 10-year horizon, abandoning its earlier 2030 benchmark, which it now considers unrealistic due to the lengthy timelines needed for land use approvals and construction."Restoring affordability to levels last seen two decades ago isn't realistic, especially after the pos...

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1 week ago How robots are taking prefabricated housing construction to a new level for this Vancouver company

Intelligent City is fine tuning automation and robotics to speed up and standardize the prefabrication of mass timber buildings as its contribution to solving Canada's housing crisis

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3 w. ago The Calgary Party proposes ‘no rough sleeping’ zone around Stephen Avenue

Brian Thiessen, the mayoral candidate under The Calgary Party banner, said the party's platform focuses on providing housing first to address homelessness.

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3 w. ago Adam: Protests are supposed to make us uncomfortable. We don't need more rules to restrict them

There's no justification for an anti-protest 'bubble bylaw' in Ottawa, and local government should reverse its growing tendency to shut down free speech.

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3 w. ago Vision Capital Corporation Comments on Speculated Amendments to Ireland’s Housing Regulation

A two-tier system would be folly, and would exacerbate Ireland’s housing crisis, not solve it TORONTO — We are very concerned about the prospect that recent press reports regarding amendments to rental housing regulations in Ireland would, if implemented, further exacerbate the nation’s current policy-induced housing crisis. Rent control regulations on housing have been a […]

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