housing crisis

To address the growing urban population, along with the joint affordability and environmental crises, Canada needs to build more affordable, energy-efficient buildings. (Shutterstock) As Canada grapples with an ongoing housing crisis, the…

The  Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC), Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), Pembina Institute, Canada’s Building Trades Unions, and RESCON have issued the following statements in response to the federal government’s Budget…

The Federal Government has unveiled 2023 Budget. Below is a brief recap from the Ontario Construction Secretariat that includes an economic overview and additional information about the Clean Technology and Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax…

TORONTO — Real estate observers say a new mortgage code of conduct promised in the federal budget will be handy for Canadians facing financial difficulties, but they still feel the economic plan was lacking needed housing affordability…

TORONTO — Ontario's financial services watchdog is proposing changes to guidance offered to mortgage agents and brokerages in an effort to deter deceptive and fraudulent mortgage activity.The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of…

Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners to sell or mortgage their properties, a former insurance executive says.Tim Hyde, who spent years in the title…

HALIFAX — Housing advocates in Nova Scotia say the provincial budget neglects people struggling with affordability and those on the edge of experiencing homelessness.The government's budget, tabled Thursday, allocates $21.6 million to…

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government will extend a cap on rent hikes, but it plans to ease the restriction at the end of the year to allow increases of up to five per cent.The amendments announced Wednesday by Service Nova Scotia…