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TORONTO – When Gina Athanasiou's father died in 2016, she realized her mother, who bounced between Canada and Greece for most of her life, didn't have a pension large enough to cover the soaring costs of a Toronto home.The solution?…

RBC’s latest housing affordability report released Thursday reveals that the situation is the worst its been since the early 1990s, and will worsen before it gets better.RBC’s aggregate affordability measure for Canada went up 3.7…

HALIFAX – Gina Grattan moved to Halifax from her hometown of Amherst, N.S., when she was 18, and she says living in her chosen city is becoming increasingly difficult – despite working two jobs.``Halifax is my home, and I'd like to…

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…

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…

VANCOUVER – A municipal government report that says British Columbia is building enough homes to match the province's population growth has drawn sharp criticism from the housing minister.The Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) report…

THE CHATHAM VOICE A partnership between Chatham-Kent and Hope Haven to create an overnight shelter is but one of the local efforts aimed at addressing a growing homelessness problem.There's also ongoing behind-the-scenes work aimed at…

OTTAWA – The federal government is giving co-operative housing providers millions in funding to ease rental costs, pledging relief for a sector that has sought to find new ways to provide help to tenants.The $118.2 million over…