The University of Toronto is launching a new development model it says will allow it to add thousands of student residence spaces faster and at a lower cost than traditional construction...
Canada’s housing crisis stems from two major gaps: affordability and supply. The prevailing wisdom is that we can build our way out of both. The logic of the Carney government’s Build Canada Homes...
The City of Greater Sudbury’s adoption of the new federal Housing Design Catalogue could help smaller homebuilders and homeowners, but larger, more established homebuilders as unlikely to benefit as...
Have you ever wondered about the money and carbon spent replacing an inefficient old building with a new one, and whether the same net results could be achieved through a retrofit? This is the...
This week, our summer vacation from council business was interrupted for a special meeting. Annoying? Yeah, a little, but this was the third time in four years there’s been a last-minute August...
To address Canada’s housing crisis, the Carney government made the promise to build 500,000 new homes per year and it launched a new federal initiative to boost the country’s housing construction...
The Building Code Commission (the Commission) has revealed that it is seeking applications for new part-time Members, offering an opportunity for qualified individuals to help resolve technical...
As Building Code changes are brought into force, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) provides updates so those in the design and construction industry, as well as the public, can be...
Every person in Canada deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Solving Canada's housing crisis requires immediate action to build more homes, faster, while ensuring housing meets the needs...
An Ontario-based charity believes the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings could be a solution to creating more affordable housing. This week, Guelph’s Heritage Advisory Committee expressed its...