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There is nowhere to hide from Canada’s rental housing crisis. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), which found there are very few places left in the country where minimum wage workers can afford to rent apartments without stretching their finances. And the blame lies with a continuing lack of apartment building

BRACEBRIDGE, ON – Public money for builders may be available for affordable housing projects. The District of Muskoka has released an Expression of Interest package which could include up to $551,300 for non-profit, municipal and co-operative development organizations in Muskoka. The District is administering the Rental Housing Component of the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (“OPHI”) on behalf of the Province

As cities become more crowded, they’re coming up with innovative housing ideas—from un-zoning single-family housing to building tiny houses for low-income residents to turning underutilized land into homes for veterans. But what else can we do? We want to know how you would improve affordable housing in your city, state or the nation as a whole—especially if you work with housing policy or innovation in

CIH Canada Transitions In recent months, CIH Canada has been making a number of changes in its work to become a member-led organization. The first step was to create a CIH Canada Executive Committee that will oversee the strategic direction and business plan for CIH Canada going forward. As part of this evolution, Housing Services Corporation (HSC) will transition from its role as

Towns in southwestern Ontario are looking for new ways to address the growing issue of homelessness. Joanne Vanderheyden, the mayor of Strathroy-Caradoc, said homelessness often goes unseen in smaller, rural communities. “It’s not as visible in rural Ontario, because it’s bigger distances, where in a big city people are laying on sidewalks,” Vanderheyden said. Read more