Tools to Help Canada's Housing Crisis
There’s no denying it: Canada is growing, and tackling our country’s housing crisis requires new strategies, policy reforms, and innovative technologies to boost supply to meet demand.
Making Housing More Affordable in Canada: The Need for More Large Cities
Strengthening mid-sized cities like Kitchener/Waterloo, London, and Kamloops – by improving infrastructure, encouraging local business growth, forging university partnerships, and making it easier to build – can reduce in-migration into our big cities, mitigating price pressures there, and help lower costs for everyone.
Housing Policy for a Growing Canada
Tackling Canada’s housing crisis requires actionable strategies, policy reforms, and innovative technologies to boost supply. This report draws together insights from leading experts in the field, including policymakers, researchers, and builders.
Building Smarter, Faster: Technology and Policy Solutions for Canada’s Housing Crisis
Many countries are leveraging prefabrication technologies – such as modular construction, mass timber, panelized systems, and on-site 3D printing – to accelerate homebuilding, increase productivity in the face of tight labour markets, and improve sustainability.
Growing Small into Big: The Housing Crisis Solution with Paul Beaudry and Jeremy Kronick
Solving Canada’s multiple housing crises requires thinking big – about smaller cities. Vancouver School of Economics professor Paul Beaudry and C.D. Howe Institute Vice President of Economic Analysis Jeremy Kronick discuss why focusing on growing our smaller urban centres into larger cities will help ease the pain nationwide.
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