by Kevin Fettig | Jul 3, 2024 | Guest Columns
Canada faces a significant challenge in its rental housing crisis due to a lack of new affordable units being built. Despite efforts through the National Housing Strategy’s five programs, only 17,000 units were delivered over four years, barely improving Ottawa’s...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 23, 2023 | News
As Canada grapples with a housing crisis, the need to build more homes across all markets is widely acknowledged. However, the task is far from simple. Challenges such as labour shortages, climate change risks, and the unintended consequences of gentrification...
by Chris Seepe | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured
I’ve been intimately involved in the affordable housing crisis for many years. Recently, I identified 14 causal factors that have led me to conclude that the purchase and rental of affordable housing will never happen until “affordability” is properly defined and the...
by Kunal Sawhney | Jun 7, 2021 | Columnists
Housing is more a necessity than a luxury; it is more an essential expenditure than an investment option. Houses in Canada are becoming increasingly unaffordable. The trend has defied all predictions. Back in May 2020, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)...
by Nina Dragicevic | Nov 12, 2020 | Featured
A recent rental market study projects a shortage of up to 200,000 rental units in the Toronto and the Greater Hamilton Area (GTHA) within a decade, a trend that has been pushing vacancies low and prices high. But with a global pandemic blunting travel, immigration,...
