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2026/JUN/09

'You Can’t Build a House if You Can’t Flush the Toilet' — The Hidden Housing Bottleneck That Lurks Beneath Canadian Cities

Architectural News Author: Andrew Rankin

Housing development is increasingly running up against a basic blockage beneath the streets: water and sewer systems that can’t keep up with a city or town’s growth. As a result, housing projects are...

housing supply

municipal infrastructure

infrastructure constraints

aging infrastructure

population growth

infrastructure upgrades

servicing capacity

housing-enabling infrastructure

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