Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progress
Posted: Mar 14th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve[...]
Read More about Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progressOntario must commit to affordable housing for all, not attainable housing
Posted: Jun 24th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsA for sale sign outside a home indicates that it has sold for over the asking price, in Ottawa, in March 2021. House prices and rents have become increasingly more unaffordable in Ontario over the[...]
Read More about Ontario must commit to affordable housing for all, not attainable housingAverage rents in Canada up 4.4% year over year
Posted: Feb 25th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe average rent for all Canadian properties listed on Rentals.ca in January was $1,807 per month, up 4.4 per cent annually and 1 per cent monthly, according to the Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting[...]
Read More about Average rents in Canada up 4.4% year over yearB.C. prepares to remove some housing approval powers from local governments: minister
Posted: Feb 23rd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsVICTORIA — The British Columbia government is considering taking away some of the permit powers municipal governments have to approve housing construction in an effort to get more homes built in the province, the housing[...]
Read More about B.C. prepares to remove some housing approval powers from local governments: ministerNational rental price up 3% from last year, while vacancy rates hold steady: CMHC
Posted: Feb 18th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCanadian tenants faced another year of affordability challenges as rents crept up nationally and were particularly high in Vancouver and Toronto. The findings from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s annual rental market report released Friday show the[...]
Read More about National rental price up 3% from last year, while vacancy rates hold steady: CMHCRural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan says
Posted: Feb 11th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCity of Yorkton, Saskatchewan (source: yorkton.ca) Kelly Rae, the administrator of Arran, Sask., says the denizens of dwindling rural communities like her own are clinging to a vanishing way of life in Canada. Between 2011[...]
Read More about Rural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan saysDespite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9M
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Canada’s population grew at a faster rate than many of its peers, rising to over 36.99 million on census day last year despite a historic slowdown caused by COVID-19. Statistics Canada said the[...]
Read More about Despite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9MDowntown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: census
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – When Mark Garner looks around downtown Toronto all he sees is growth. At Yonge and Gerrard streets, the executive director of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area watches the lobby of the 80-storey[...]
Read More about Downtown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: censusAffordable housing, proximity to nature draws more Canadians to smaller urban centres
Posted: Feb 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Town of Tillsonburg, Ontario (Photo source: hometownhockey.com) TORONTO – Last February, Audrey Eldaoud and Robert Mawe set out to find a single-family home where they could put down roots. With jobs that became permanently[...]
Read More about Affordable housing, proximity to nature draws more Canadians to smaller urban centresNova Scotia throne speech talks health care reforms, but says little on housing
Posted: Oct 15th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsAgricola Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia (photo: Citobun via Wikimedia Commons) HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s new government said Tuesday finding solutions for the province’s ailing health system is its top priority, but opposition parties said the[...]
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