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Tackling Canada’s housing crisis:

How the federal government can build at scale now

Thursday, September 25 | 12:00 p.m. ET | Live Zoom Webinar

Canada needs at least 4.4 million affordable homes, including three million deeply affordable homes for very low- and low-income households, to end homelessness and fulfil the right to adequate housing.

Conventional market-driven approaches of private development and piecemeal incentives won’t get us there. We need a government-led approach that treats housing as essential social infrastructure.

This CityTalk will discuss what the federal government should consider as it launches "Build Canada Homes," a new federal entity focused on increasing affordable housing supply and modernizing construction.

Join us for this event to find out how we can get tens of thousands of deeply affordable homes built each year, and restore housing to its rightful place as a cornerstone of Canada’s social infrastructure.

Meet our speakers

Carolyn Whitzman

Adjunct Professor & Senior Housing Researcher | School of Cities, University of Toronto

Toronto, ON

Dr. Carolyn Whitzman is a housing and social policy researcher focused on affordable and nonmarket housing solutions. She advised UBC’s Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project, which shaped federal housing policy, and now researches best practices to scale affordable “missing middle,” modular, and replicable housing at U of T’s School of Cities. She serves on the federal Expert Panel on the Homebuilding Industry and has advised governments, UN agencies, and non-profit organizations on housing and urban issues. Carolyn is the author, co-author, or editor of six books, including Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis (2024) and Clara at the Door with a Revolver (2023), as well as over 80 publications on the right to the city.

Graeme Hussey

Director, Affordable Housing | Windmill Development Group

Ottawa, ON

As Director, Affordable Housing, Graeme is responsible for Windmill’s affordable housing strategy including sourcing partners, land opportunities and project financing. Windmill Developments is one of the most sustainable privately held real estate investors and developers in North America. Graeme is a recognized national expert in creating non-profit affordable housing. Previously, Graeme was the Director of Housing Development for the Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation (CCOC) and President of Cahdco where he led the creation of more than 1,000 affordable homes in Ottawa and the Toolbox+, a national community of practice to build capacity to create affordable housing.

Tyler Meredith

Partner | Meredith, Boessenkool & Phillips

Toronto, ON

Tyler Meredith is a management consultant, think tanker, and senior economic advisor with nearly 20 years of experience at the intersection of economics, policy, and politics. He was lead author of the 2019 & 2021 Liberal election platforms, helped deliver six federal budgets and five economic statements, and advised Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Ministers Chrystia Freeland and Bill Morneau. During COVID-19, he was a principal architect of Canada’s economic response, including the Wage Subsidy, Response Benefit, and Rent Subsidy. From 2016–2022 his work spanned tax and financial sector policy, the National Housing Strategy, Poverty Reduction Strategy, and the 2017 health accords. At Maytree, he focuses on ending chronic homelessness and advancing more inclusive labour and income security policies.

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What will it take to finally end Canada’s housing crisis?

It’s no secret that Canada is in a housing crisis. The gap between incomes and housing prices has been growing for decades, as governments of all political stripes have promised to ease the burden. So what would it take to finally end it? Murtaza Haider and Carolyn Whitzman join host Mary Rowe to talk about how we got here and what to do about it.

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