Canada’s National Housing Strategy: Is it really addressing homelessness and affordability?
Posted: Nov 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsIn Canada, just over 10 per cent of households live in housing that is unaffordable, unsuitable or inadequate, and they cannot afford alternative housing in their community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Jacquie Gahagan, Mount Saint[...]
Read More about Canada’s National Housing Strategy: Is it really addressing homelessness and affordability?Homes still unaffordable for average households despite fall in prices: reports
Posted: Sep 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Buying a home has become more unaffordable for Canadians even as housing prices fall, according to new reports from the parliamentary budget officer and RBC. The PBO’s house price assessment, published on Thursday,[...]
Read More about Homes still unaffordable for average households despite fall in prices: reportsRoommates, multi generational homes rising amid increasing costs, immigration: census
Posted: Jul 20th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – When Gina Athanasiou’s father died in 2016, she realized her mother, who bounced between Canada and Greece for most of her life, didn’t have a pension large enough to cover the soaring costs[...]
Read More about Roommates, multi generational homes rising amid increasing costs, immigration: censusCanadian home buyers face least affordable market in a generation: RBC
Posted: Jun 26th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsRBC’s latest housing affordability report released Thursday reveals that the situation is the worst its been since the early 1990s, and will worsen before it gets better. RBC’s aggregate affordability measure for Canada went up 3.7[...]
Read More about Canadian home buyers face least affordable market in a generation: RBCHousing crisis in Ontario worse than ever, Gen Squeeze says
Posted: May 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCANADA’S NATIONAL OBSERVER House prices and rents in Ontario have become more unaffordable in the past two years than in any other recent two-year period anywhere in the country, according to a new report from[...]
Read More about Housing crisis in Ontario worse than ever, Gen Squeeze saysNew non resident property taxes in Nova Scotia forcing tough decisions on homeowners
Posted: Apr 22nd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsHALIFAX – Michelle Keall says she is considering selling her home in Nova Scotia because of the provincial government’s new tax on non-resident property owners imposed to ease the housing shortage. “I feel like I’m[...]
Read More about New non resident property taxes in Nova Scotia forcing tough decisions on homeownersNova Scotia’s finance minister defends two new taxes on non-resident property owners
Posted: Apr 15th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTwo new taxes targeting non-resident property owners are necessary to help Nova Scotians gain access to housing at a time when vacancy rates are extremely low, Finance Minister Allan MacMaster said Friday. But it’s still[...]
Read More about Nova Scotia’s finance minister defends two new taxes on non-resident property ownersNova Scotia Realtors question whether tax on non residents will ease housing shortage
Posted: Apr 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsHALIFAX – New tax measures aimed at non-resident property owners announced in Tuesday’s Nova Scotia budget are sending the wrong message, Realtors in the province say. As of Friday, non-residents who buy a property and[...]
Read More about Nova Scotia Realtors question whether tax on non residents will ease housing shortageThe Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario launch campaign to stop construction industry tax fraud
Posted: Apr 16th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsThe Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario launched their campaign to stop construction industry tax fraud and end illegal worksites. The council states that tax fraud “cheats hardworking craftspeople out of their rightful pay and benefits and forces[...]
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