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The Manitoba government has moved forward with a plan for new accessible care homes, enhancing housing options for seniors, Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care Scott Johnston announced Friday. “As we age, our needs change, and it’s critical that we have a plan to provide housing options that appropriately meet …
Read More »Increasing vacancy rate in Kelowna best path to improving housing affordability: City
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Groundbreaking for a new apartment building which is expected to bring some relief to Kelowna’s tight rental market is scheduled for Wednesday. The building will be located at the former Building Blocks daycare at Gordon Drive and Lawrence Avenue. PC Urban Properties …
Read More »Nova Scotia hasn’t built public housing in 30 years. Why that was a ‘huge mistake’
As Nova Scotia continues to grapple with affordability and housing crises, experts are questioning the government’s failure to build new public housing units in nearly three decades. “If you consider housing as a human right – as a basic foundational structure for your citizenship – yes, it’s a huge mistake,” …
Read More »Canada’s housing market has ‘rebounded sharply’. As rates rise, can it last? – National
The Bank of Canada’s return to interest rate hikes will not be enough to fully tamp down an uptick in activity in the housing market, argues a new report from Desjardins. Signals from the Bank of Canada that its interest rate tightening cycle had possibly peaked in January gave way …
Read More »17-year-old boy shot and killed at Pickering housing complex
A 17-year-old boy is dead after a shooting at a Pickering townhouse complex on Sunday. Durham Regional Police said the shooting happened in the area of Valley Farm and Kingston roads. Emergency crews responded at around 9:40 p.m. “They arrived on scene here and located a 17-year-old male that had …
Read More »Ontario Liberal leadership hopeful sets out key housing policies
Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Nate Erskine-Smith is pledging to create a provincially-owned construction agency to build new affordable housing, part of the first major policy push of the campaign. Erkine-Smith, who was the first candidate to officially launch his leadership bid, unveiled a housing strategy that also promises to eliminate …
Read More »Winnipeg seniors enduring sweltering heat in housing complex demand action – Winnipeg
Winnipeg seniors say they are suffering in sweltering heat conditions inside their housing complex on 22 Strauss Drive in the St. James area of the city. On Tuesday afternoon, temperatures were above 30 C and residents say the building’s air conditioning system is blowing warm air. “Sometimes it’s hotter in …
Read More »Housing upturn could delay a shift by Bank of Canada to cut rates. What to know – National
Signs of recovery in Canada’s housing market after a year-long slump, just as higher borrowing costs are expected to slow much of the rest of the economy, could raise inflation and delay a shift by the central bank to interest rate cuts, analysts said. The housing market’s upturn comes after …
Read More »Ontario to launch audits of six municipalities’ housing finances
Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing is moving forward with audits of six municipalities to see if there will be any “potential or perceived” financial hits from a provincial housing law. Municipalities have been raising concerns about a housing law, that, in part, freezes, reduces and exempts fees developers …
Read More »‘We are being ignored:’ older women in Ontario struggle with rising cost of housing
Katherine Goodes has always enjoyed her own company, but at the age of 67 she’s going to be moving in with three strangers to help make ends meet. Goodes, who has worked for decades as an editor in the education sector, doesn’t have significant savings, her monthly government support cheques …
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