Home Building
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Housing starts fell 16% in August as home building slows: CMHCThe annual pace of housing starts fell 16 per cent in August compared to July, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.CanadaSep 16, 2025
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Burlington to get $21M from federal government’s Housing Accelerator FundBurlington will get that cash as part of Ottawa's Housing Accelerator Fund incentivizing initiatives that speed up affordable housing construction.CanadaJan 15, 2024
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Inside the Greenbelt deal from 2 developers’ perspectivesWhile no one explicitly told developers that Ontario planned to open up the protected Greenbelt for housing last year, the government telegraphed that message to builders.CanadaSep 8, 2023
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Carrot or stick? How the feds could push cities to build more homesThe Liberal government's Housing Accelerator Fund is intended to incentivize home construction, but is this the best way to get municipalities to build more homes?CanadaAug 15, 2023
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‘Next generation’ of federal infrastructure funding to come by fall: ministerPremiers say communities are facing unprecedented cost pressures on existing projects and uncertainty around future infrastructure funding.PoliticsJun 21, 2023
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Home construction ‘ripe’ for automation, builders say. Here’s how the industry is changingWith a growing number of homes needed in Canada over the next decade and a labour force hitting a retirement wall, stakeholders say automation is needed to fill the building gap.TechDec 15, 2022
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Trudeau targets $2B in spending to fix Canada’s housing supply, affordability issuesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau detailed $2 billion in previously announced spending on Tuesday aimed at adding 17,000 new units to Canada's tight housing supply.CanadaAug 30, 2022
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Canada needs new homes built, but construction industry headed for retirement wallThousands of workers in Canada's construction industry are primed to age out of the job in the next two years without a clear source for new talent to replace retirees.EconomyMay 6, 2022
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A look inside a ‘gold standard’ Alberta home adapted for physical disabilitiesThe three-bedroom, three-bathroom living space made Brad Bartko, an advocate for the disabled, teary-eyed when he rolled into the St. Albert home in his wheelchair.ConsumerNov 23, 2021
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Home building costs on the rise again in Manitoba, association saysIt costs roughly $60,000 more to build a house in Manitoba than it did only a few months ago, according to the Manitoba Home Builders' Association.EconomyNov 4, 2021
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