Recent changes to regulations under the Promoting Affordable Housing Act allows municipalities to require affordable units in new residential developments.

Haeccity Studio Architecture’s ideas for creating affordable housing in Metro Vancouver has garnered them the top prize from Urbanarium.

Developers of purpose-built rental housing in Manitoba are losing a tax credit that has been available for the past five years.

The 2018 federal budget commits $1.25 billion over three years to the Rental Construction Financing Initiative, providing low-cost 10-year loans for municipalities, not-for-profit and private sector developers.

The federal, provincial and municipal governments announced that they are investing over $74 million to create more than 675 affordable housing units throughout the city of Ottawa.

Ontario's Inclusionary Zoning framework would allow municipalities to require the inclusion of affordable housing units in new development projects.

Toronto’s Kensington Market neighbourhood will be home to the city’s first purpose-built affordable homes for homeless people in more than 10 years.

As envisioned, the federal and provincial/territorial governments will jointly fund the 10-year, $40-billion package of policies and programs so many details are still missing or yet to be refined through future negotiations.

First National's Daniel Bragagnolo discusses the financing complexities of affordable housing and the advantages of CMHC's new Flex Program.

The Daniels Corporation and partner Diamond Corp. recently broke ground on a new condominium community called Daniels FirstHome Markham Sheppard.

Edmonton's first apartment block made entirely of shipping containers is opening this month at 95th Avenue and 163th Street. Known as Westgate Manor, the three-storey, 20-unit multifamily development will bring much needed affordable housing to the area.

Purpose-built rental housing will quadruple – up to 20,000 additional homes over the next ten years.

The City of Calgary will be selling seven city-owned sites to non-profit affordable housing providers.

Preventing a full-blown housing-affordability crisis in the Greater Toronto Area will require GTA-specific policies aimed at increasing the supply of purpose-built rental units, finds a

The United Kingdom's tight housing market has prompted new government efforts to relieve renting costs and boost the country's supply of private and public stock.

The City of Vancouver has approved a program that will introduce a one per cent tax on empty homes, the first of its kind in

The City of Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA) is taking steps to build 400 new affordable homes on four city-owned sites worth $50 million. These sites