Affordable housing

Indigenous communities need more than free-market solutions to systemic inequities. Ottawa Community Housing's benefits agreement, alongside a new development project in partnership with Pikwakanagan, will offer some solutions to Indigenous communities.

When Bria Hamilton was a 19-year-old student at York University, a fire started in the basement kitchen of the three-storey townhouse she shared with nine other people.

Voters in British Columbia ushered in a wave of sweeping political change throughout the province in municipal elections on Saturday, October 15, 2022, that saw new mayors elected in Vancouver and Surrey and other major communities.

The federal government says it will spend more than $2 billion to build 17,000 homes, including thousands of affordable units.

Premier François Legault says the fall provincial election campaign will launch "for real" on Sunday, August 28, 2022, following weeks of unofficial campaigning by political parties and billions of dollars already promised to voters.

Quebec's official election campaign isn't expected to start for at least another week, but the province's governing party has already made billions of dollars in promises.

Quebec Premier François Legault hasn't officially triggered the provincial election campaign, but he was out on Friday, August 12, 2022, promising to build thousands of new social and affordable housing units if he's re-elected Oct. 3.

British Columbia Attorney General David Eby has announced his bid to become the province's next premier, saying he has secured the support of a large majority of New Democrat members of the legislature.

As we’ve seen through the Ontario election campaign, climate change and the environment are not being regarded as a top issue of concern for voters.

Advocates say while the focus on housing affordability in the federal budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire need.

Municipalities across Canada face housing development constraints in their communities that could be eased through more co-operation between all levels of government, says a report by a local governance think tank.

A downtown Toronto property needed fixing, dozens of mostly young and aspiring tradespeople needed on-the-job training, and a refugee family needed a new home. All of those needs were met when Raising the Roof completed its latest project.

We have to find ways to make renting more lucrative for renters, not just their landlords, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, a formal pact to prop up the minority Liberal government — including a coalition — is not on the table.

The Native Women’s Association of Canada is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take Indigenous women’s issues seriously this time around.