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A glittering orange cat, a glaring pumpkin and bright yellow flowers sit on the pavement next to Sviatoslav Rud’s camper. The Ukrainian says his wife is trying to make their temporary home cheery and seasonal. The trailer sits on the street in front of their rental property, mere meters from …
Read More »B.C. Housing warned about project issues but kept quiet: FOI docs
Two years before CBC News revealed that dozens of people had allegedly abused a B.C. Housing affordable homeownership program in Victoria, the agency’s leaders were warned there was a “high risk” the situation could become public. According to documents obtained through a freedom of information (FOI) request, B.C. Housing’s executive committee …
Read More »Fall housing market could be ripe for 1st-time buyers. Here’s why
Some long-unaffordable pockets of Canada’s housing market could open up to first-time homebuyers this fall as interest rates decline but experts expect prices will hold relatively flat. Activity in the Canadian housing market has largely been muted through much of the spring and summer despite the start of rate cuts …
Read More »Ontario child-welfare groups housing kids in offices, trailers under probe
The Ontario ombudsman is opening an investigation into safety concerns about the practice of child welfare agencies housing young children and teens in motels and hotels, among others. On Thursday, Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé announced that he would be launching the investigation in light of several reports about children being …
Read More »RVs parked outside pricey West Side home draw complaints in Vancouver – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some residents of a neighbourhood on Vancouver’s West Side are frustrated about RVs parked in the road that they say violate city bylaws. The vehicles are parked at Camosun Street and 28th Avenue in Dunbar, where they’re drawing power from a $4.4-million …
Read More »Pickleball or housing? Debate in this Ontario city shows dilemma municipalities face
A Peterborough councillor recently surprised some of his fellow council members when he proposed an unexpected solution in a search for answers to his city’s housing crisis. Keith Riel proposed that the city put off six infrastructure projects ranging from pickleball courts to road improvements, which would have potentially freed …
Read More »Ontario home renovation has neighbour feeling like a ‘prisoner’ in her house
A home renovation project in Brampton, Ont., has caused an explosion of local concern, with residents worried the unguarded construction site poses a safety hazard for children in the area. One home in the city, located to the northwest of Toronto, is in the midst of a large-scale renovation that …
Read More »Liberal cabinet retreat to focus on housing, immigration
Housing and immigration will take centre stage on Monday as the federal cabinet retreat in Halifax moves into its first full day of meetings. The annual end-of-summer cabinet gathering is intended to set the agenda for the fall sitting of Parliament which begins three weeks from today. The Liberals are …
Read More »Municipal leaders ask Ontario to appoint minister for housing needs, addiction
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario municipalities are asking the province to appoint a minister to tackle homelessness as leaders sound the alarm on the growing housing, mental health and addictions needs of their communities. Leaders from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario kicked off the organization’s …
Read More »Canada’s housing market hit ‘pause’ in July despite rate cuts – National
The start of interest rate cuts from the Bank of Canada has done little to stoke a fire in the Canadian housing market, fresh data from July shows. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Thursday that home sales retreated by 0.7 per cent month to month in July, giving …
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