affordability crisis

WINGHAM ADVANCE TIMES HURON COUNTY – Several county councillors spoke up after a presentation by Tim Welch, principal of TWC Consulting Inc, regarding the Huron County Housing Renewal Plan, commenting on how this critical initiative needs…

OTTAWA – The cost of nearly everything at the grocery store continued to climb higher to help push the annual inflation rate to a fresh three-decade high in April and economists warn prices could continue to heat up.Statistics …

Increasing mortgage rates slowed home sales in April from the frenzied pace they started the year at, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday.The association found the number of homes sold dropped by 25.7 per cent to 54,894…

THE WALKERTON HERALD TIMES BRUCE COUNTY – Staff have been working with a consulting firm to develop the affordable housing toolkit.Phase one of the toolkit was launched May 5. It's a web-based document that provides pertinent…

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of new home construction in April rose eight per cent compared with March.The housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in April was 267,330…

MONTREAL – Inflation is at a multi-decade high, but the situation is different than the 1970s when high inflation was combined with high levels of joblessness and slow or recessionary economic growth, a senior Bank of Canada official said…

TORONTO –  A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives May 9: Increase disability support payment rates by five per…