Affordable Housing

• ‘It’s for the kids, and his kids’: Affordable homes from $1 lots in Winnipeg

  Jesse Bettcher has found a home on one of the lots the City of Winnipeg sold for $1 to Purpose Construction as part of a revitalization pilot project for the city's North End.

  Aug 10
  
• Deal to fund water, wastewater infrastructure for housing signed by Alberta and Ottawa

  The agreement, announced by the prime minister and premier in Red Deer, allows Alberta municipalities to access more than $510 million in federal funding over eight years.

  Consumer

  Jul 29
  
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• Poilievre asks ethics committee to probe plan to buy unsold B.C. condos

  Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a plan by Ottawa and the B.C. government to buy unsold condos for affordable housing, calling it a bail-out for developers.

  Politics

  Jun 28
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• Renovations complete on 882 affordable housing units in Edmonton

  Renovations to affordable townhomes built in the 1960s and 1970s took place over the past three years, with upgrades like new hot water tanks and foundation fixes.

  Consumer

  Jun 25
• Developers didn’t ask ‘directly’ for B.C. vacant condo plan, Carney says

  The proposed program has faced criticism from opposition parties and housing experts, some of whom have said it amounts to a 'bailout' for condo developers.

  Canada

  Jun 25
• Carney says B.C. infrastructure funding to include new Tumbler Ridge school

  Carney made the announcement in Vancouver as part of a housing funding plan that includes reducing fees for developers and converting unsold new condos into affordable housing.

  Politics

  Jun 18
• As governments pour billions into new affordable housing, existing units in disrepair

  Mercedes Rodriguez says she and her seven kids struggle to sleep at night because of the sounds of mice scurrying in the walls in her apartment in Montreal's east end.

  Canada

  May 28
• Surplus school sites approved for affordable housing developments in north Edmonton

  Edmonton city council voted in favour to sell surplus school sites in the communities of Dunluce and Sifton Park for the purpose of building affordable housing units.

  Politics

  Apr 15
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• Chronic homelessness climbs in Winnipeg, system facing ‘increasing strain’: report

  More than 8,200 people are living without stable housing in Winnipeg, according to a new report, which says the number of people becoming chronically homeless is on the rise.

  Canada

  Apr 13
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• Furry friends a barrier for rental housing, half of Manitoba pet owners report

  A survey found half of pet owners in Manitoba said they've felt like they were denied rental housing because they owned an animal.

  Canada

  Jan 21