How the federal government can build at scale now
| | | | 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 expert panel 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. Why should we treat housing with the same ambition Canada brought to major infrastructure projects in the past? How can modular construction on publicly owned land – starting with military housing – accelerate delivery at lower costs? How should the federal government contract with non-market developers to build on government land, and with non-profit providers to manage the resulting housing? Join us for this CityTalk 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." | | | |
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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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