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How the feds could push cities to build more homes — with a carrot or stick

How the feds could push cities to build more homes — with a carrot or stick

OTTAWA — From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage.
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Housing minister says federal government should have stayed in housing game

Housing minister says federal government should have stayed in housing game

BURNABY, B.C. — Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even as high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing.
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Ryan Berlin: Vancouver's challenging housing market under the 'macro-scope'

Ryan Berlin: Vancouver's challenging housing market under the 'macro-scope'

Vancouver’s housing market is moving in the direction of more balance, but interest rates and home prices are conspiring to make housing more expensive
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Daycare boom drives Alberta retail space race as tenant costs rise

Daycare boom drives Alberta retail space race as tenant costs rise

Government funding aims to create 65K new childcare spaces by 2026
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Goods, businesses will move elsewhere if industrial land issue left unaddressed

Goods, businesses will move elsewhere if industrial land issue left unaddressed

Part 2 of a two-part story on that examines those consequences, and explores potential solutions
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Metro Vancouver’s industrial land shortage to cause ‘massive’ economic consequences

Metro Vancouver’s industrial land shortage to cause ‘massive’ economic consequences

Part 1 of a two-part story on that examines those consequences, and explores potential solutions
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Rent hit a new high in July as students prepped for school, buyers sidelined: report

Rent hit a new high in July as students prepped for school, buyers sidelined: report

TORONTO — Canadian renters have long lamented the increasing prices they see landlords request of tenants, but in July, those totals hit a level unseen in the country's history. Data from Rentals.
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Construction noise is a problem, Coquitlam resident says at public hearing

Construction noise is a problem, Coquitlam resident says at public hearing

Pacific West Architecture plans to build a six-storey rental complex in Coquitlam, but one resident claims the neighbourhood is filled with hammers and drills.
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A new use for former demolition waste dump in Delta

A new use for former demolition waste dump in Delta

The Official Community Plan designation for the site is industrial
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Goodman and Jagger: Time to return to predictable rental rate increases

Goodman and Jagger: Time to return to predictable rental rate increases

The B.C. NDP government has strayed from the traditional formula for rent increases
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