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Canadian Property Management
Some ratepayers veiled in NB survey findings
There’s little clear insight into what New Brunswick's residential landlords and non-residential ratepayers think about the assessment and property tax system.
CondoBusiness
Slumping new condo sales have ripple effect
A fix to revive slumping new condo sales will be tricky to execute in current market conditions, which have chased off investors in Toronto and Vancouver.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Military housing battles fatigue
Plans to enlist the private market in military housing provision could help Canada’s department of National Defence reduce a growing shortfall between supply and demand.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily food waste output spurs intervention
With plans to soon roll out compulsory food waste recycling to all multifamily buildings, the City of Montreal is exploring how to encourage compliance.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. multifamily listing services face lawsuits
Both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of five state Attorneys General accuse Zillow and Redfin of anti-competitive collusion in newly filed lawsuits.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
NS acts on occupancy rights for abuse victims
Proposed changes to Nova Scotia’s Residential Tenancies Act would allow domestic violence sufferers to displace their abusers and retain occupancy rights.
CondoBusiness
Carousel parking tied to EV charging innovation
Western University has been awarded a $1.5 million research grant to explore how carousel parking could be integrated with EV charging technology to address space demand in multifamily buildings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Infill housing initiative welcomes copycats
A package of supports to nurture infill housing within the single-family residential sector has earned the Town of Collingwood plaudits for innovation among Ontario's 444 municipalities.
CondoBusiness
Softwood assigned material role in housing plan
Canadian softwood lumber is expected to play a material role in hitting the federal government’s target for nearly 5 million units of new housing over the next decade.
Construction Business
Prize-winning housing tech set to build scale
Artificial intelligence and robotics are central to prize-winning technology tapped to accelerate new housing production on a nationwide scale.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Updates could colour Toronto apartment ratings
Toronto's licensing and standards division has been instructed to develop a colour-coded sign system to signal how rental housing buildings rate in complying with the City’s apartment standards.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
QuadReal boosts U.K. student housing holdings
QuadReal Property Group has expended more than ₤500 million (CAD $915 million) to acquire eight purpose-built student apartment buildings in the United Kingdom.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Poor conditions prevalent in subsidized housing
Canada’s social and affordable rental housing stock is increasingly falling into disrepair as it ages, while vacancy rates are generally tightening.
CondoBusiness
B.C. offers heat pump rebate to more claimants
Eligibility for British Columbia’s heat pump rebate has now been extended to unit-owners and renters of low-rise multifamily housing who meet income and technical criteria.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Housing trickling onto surplus federal land
The effort to unlock surplus federal land for housing is further away from welcoming new residents than the reported numbers may suggest, but the Auditor General of Canada concludes there has been progress.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Swedish multifamily a fit for Ontario Teachers’
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has entered the Swedish multifamily market with an agreement to acquire two newly built properties encompassing 425 rental residential units.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
CLV Group poised to expand multifamily portfolio
Ottawa-based CLV Group is poised for a 74 per cent expansion of its multifamily portfolio through an agreement to purchase InterRent REIT and take it private.
