Around 20 office buildings in Calgary have changed hands since January 2023, many of which are considering an office-to-residential conversion.| Storeys
The Housing Accelerator Fund announcement was made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alongside Mayor of Edmonton Amarjeet Sohi.| Storeys
The new housing actions Trudeau announced on Tuesday are coming as part of Budget 2024 and will include another $400M for the Housing Accelerator Fund.| STOREYS
As he continues to make his case for being the next Prime Minister of Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging to remove the goods and services tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million. Poilievre announced the plan on Monday in a press conference in Ottawa, in a “axe the sales ...| STOREYS
The City of Toronto is determined to get more purpose-built rental housing into the pipeline and off the ground, according to a new staff report that was revealed to the public on Wednesday. The report, called Build More Homes: Expanding Incentives for Purpose-Built Rental Housing, throws out some b...| STOREYS
Despite constant calls to build, build, build and a recent boom in purpose-built rental (PBR) projects, the narrative is still the same: Ontario is not building rental units fast enough to meet rising demand."Without a significant improvement in the economic feasibility of building purpose-built ren...| STOREYS
The suite of new legislation the Province introduced last year has forced staff away from work that was previously planned.| STOREYS
On Wednesday, Mississauga City Council approved a motion from Mayor Carolyn Parrish to make housing more affordable by temporarily lowering development charges and reducing property taxes for new purpose-built rental housing.The incentives closely follow the release of a report from the Mayor's Hous...| Storeys
Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre continues to make a big splash as he makes his way through the race to be Canada’s next Prime Minister. Last week, he made headlines when he pledged to “axe” the goods and services tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million.Now, he’s doubling down. In a letter...| STOREYS
Former-Finance Minister and Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland released a housing plan Monday that hones in on immigration, cutting development charges and red tape, and one-upping Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre's promise to "axe the tax."Since her dramatic stepping-down as F...| STOREYS