Affordable Housing
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Affordable Housing Units For Unhoused Indigenous Men Open In Cabbagetown
The nine new studio units will provide a much-needed home for unhoused Indigenous men while they search for permanent housing.
Jul 22, 2024
Affordable Housing
Toronto To Leverage City-Owned Lands For Affordable Midtown Rentals
Toronto City Council agreed to leverage city-owned lands at 275 Merton Street in midtown Toronto in order to deliver 447 new purpose-built rental homes.
Affordable Housing
Some Of Toronto’s Biggest Developers Are On Board With ‘Housing Now’
The planned ‘Housing Now’ projects are set to draw in the likes of KingSett Capital, Greenwin, Tridel, Kilmer-Tricon, Ellis Don, and Windmill — amongst more.
Development Projects
Plans Filed For 29-Storey ‘Housing Now’ Development On Merton Street
A development application describes a 29-storey building with 294 new rental units reserved for Indigenous elders and other seniors.
Country Calling: Get To Know Sherwood Park, A Beloved Alberta Hamlet
For those who prefer to opt out of urban life without being too far removed from modern comforts, hamlets like Sherwood Park, Alberta are a perfect landing place.
Breaking News
Federal Government Launches $1.5B Co-op Housing Program
The new $1B Co-operative Housing Development Program is intended to support a new generation of co-ops in Canada – a housing option that provides secure, affordable, and community-oriented homes.
Mississauga
City Of Mississauga Announces Free Garden Suite Building Plans
The program is meant to kill two birds with one stone: it moves the municipality closer to achieving the goals laid out in its action plan, while for individuals already grappling with high housing prices, costs are reduced.
Affordable Housing
CMHC Sails Past Affordable Housing Target By 28% Margin In 2023
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released its 2023 Annual Report this week, revealing that the government agency delivered on 153,708 “new, repaired, or assisted” affordable housing units over the course of last year.
Affordable Housing
Fed Up: Liberals Bypass Ford, Send Housing Funds Straight To Ontario Municipalities
The feds are bypassing Doug Ford’s government and sending housing funding straight to Ontario municipalities.
Affordable Housing
10-Storey Affordable Housing Development Proposed For Parkdale
There could be another new addition to Toronto’s perpetually evolving Parkdale neighbourhood.
Affordable Housing
"A Brutal System": Toronto's Affordable Housing Lotteries Need An Upgrade
Since March 2018, when the city began using a lottery system for new affordable housing, it has overseen 18 lotteries, for a total of 858 affordable units. But the current system isn't working for everybody.
Affordable Housing
City Files Plans For Milestone ‘Housing Now’ Development In Scarborough Centre
“The proposed development, being advanced as part of the City’s Housing Now program, represents one of the largest affordable housing projects in Ontario in the past 25 years and the province’s largest co-operative housing development.”
Real Estate News
From Bungalow To Fourplex: Missing Middle Or Missing The Point?
While all levels of Canadian government try to develop ways to allow for missing middle projects so many cities are lacking, early examples have some critics asking, 'who exactly will be able to afford this?'
Affordable Housing
Horwath Using 'Strong Mayor Powers' To Turn Hamilton Parking Lot Into Housing
Ontario’s mayors haven’t been shy to use their new(ish) strong mayor powers – and Andrea Horwath is no exception.
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