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Housing supply imbalance opens up investment opportunities
June 19, 2019Read moreSolid employment growth, high costs of home ownership and a preference for millennials to rent are underpinning strong demand for apartments, while record immigration levels are expected to drive demand even higher. These factors, together with insufficient and constrained rental supply, are expected to only intensify housing challenges, especially in Canada’s gateway markets. Read more
Developers team up with Royal Canadian Legions on mixed-use projects
June 19, 2019Read moreAs D-Day ceremonies captured attention June 6, veteran members at two of the 28 Royal Canadian Legion branches in Metro Vancouver were celebrating joint venture real estate deals that will improve facilities and provide a mix of affordable and market housing. In Surrey, Whalley Legion Branch 229 and the Lark Group broke ground May 23 on the Legion Veterans Village,
New affordable housing complex in Winnipeg
June 19, 2019Read moreGovernment of Canada supports new affordable housing complex in Winnipeg Media are invited to join Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and the Honourable Heather Stefanson, Minister of Families as they make this joint announcement.
Private members bill passes in HoC
June 19, 2019Read moreA day after the Private Members motion to end veteran homelessness failed to get to a vote, it was brought forward again in the House of Commons today (Thursday) and received full House support. The motion, M-225, from Bay of Quinte MP Neil Ellis aims to see a plan created to end veteran homelessness in Canada by 2025 and create
Partisan bickering….
June 19, 2019Read moreOTTAWA—The House of Commons has backed a backbench MP’s bid to have the government work to end veterans homelessness after days of partisan bickering over the fate of the private motion. The motion from Ontario Liberal MP Neil Ellis asks his own government to craft a plan to end veterans homelessness by 2025, in part by creating a subsidy similar