Government needs help from the private sector to solve Canada’s affordable housing crisis: CMHC | ONTARIO CONSTRUCTION NEWS

September 23, 2020, by Special to Ontario Construction News The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp. has been criticized for the slow turnaround time on some of its national housing strategy programs, including by smaller housing providers who have complained about the reams of paperwork needed to access them. Some of that is unavoidable, said CMHC…

Metrolinx plans to demolish 21 vacant buildings along proposed LRT route | CBC NEWS

September 11, 2020 by Dan Taekema While Metrolinx says it plans to begin demolishing 21 vacant properties along Hamilton’s former LRT route “for safety’s sake”, advocates and tenants say vacant buildings should be turned into affordable housing. For its part, Metrolinx says the demolition is necessary given the “precarious state of the buildings” and the…