If you have patience for a lecture, there's a talk on the housing catalogue developed for CMHC, being given at the University of Toronto architecture school.
You could also check out the Architecture & Design Film Festival. There are a few Canada specific films. adfilmfest.com/adff-toronto/
You could also check out the Architecture & Design Film Festival. There are a few Canada specific films. adfilmfest.com/adff-toronto/
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November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
If you have patience for a lecture, there's a talk on the housing catalogue developed for CMHC, being given at the University of Toronto architecture school.
You could also check out the Architecture & Design Film Festival. There are a few Canada specific films. adfilmfest.com/adff-toronto/
You could also check out the Architecture & Design Film Festival. There are a few Canada specific films. adfilmfest.com/adff-toronto/
City of Vancouver continues to use the horrendously misleading comparison of property taxes for the "median single family home" as their headline number despite that only 14.6% of homes are single family (per CMHC, & I believe that includes laneways), averaging $2.8M.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
City of Vancouver continues to use the horrendously misleading comparison of property taxes for the "median single family home" as their headline number despite that only 14.6% of homes are single family (per CMHC, & I believe that includes laneways), averaging $2.8M.
Housing: CMHC says we need 480K units/year just to return to 2019 affordability.
We're building ~200K.
$13B Build Canada Homes focuses on non-market housing. It won't solve this overnight, but it acknowledges the private sector alone can't.
We're building ~200K.
$13B Build Canada Homes focuses on non-market housing. It won't solve this overnight, but it acknowledges the private sector alone can't.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Housing: CMHC says we need 480K units/year just to return to 2019 affordability.
We're building ~200K.
$13B Build Canada Homes focuses on non-market housing. It won't solve this overnight, but it acknowledges the private sector alone can't.
We're building ~200K.
$13B Build Canada Homes focuses on non-market housing. It won't solve this overnight, but it acknowledges the private sector alone can't.
Montreal's rental crisis, visualized by neighborhood over the past 10 years.
Full map at www.commonplaceresearch.org
Data: CMHC/Common Place Research. 2014-2024. Nominal.
Full map at www.commonplaceresearch.org
Data: CMHC/Common Place Research. 2014-2024. Nominal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Montreal's rental crisis, visualized by neighborhood over the past 10 years.
Full map at www.commonplaceresearch.org
Data: CMHC/Common Place Research. 2014-2024. Nominal.
Full map at www.commonplaceresearch.org
Data: CMHC/Common Place Research. 2014-2024. Nominal.
Interesting interview between former mayor now, housing minister Gregor Robertson and @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social this morning. As a former CMHC Program Manager Social Housing, overseeing 1000s of nonprofit homes I can't understand why federal government wants to create a NEW ENTITY to build homes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Interesting interview between former mayor now, housing minister Gregor Robertson and @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social this morning. As a former CMHC Program Manager Social Housing, overseeing 1000s of nonprofit homes I can't understand why federal government wants to create a NEW ENTITY to build homes.
And Councillor Myers has been a big champion of affordable housing, moving a sixplex pilot project as a way to help affordable housing developers access CMHC funds. He takes the TTC and uses micromobility and you can tell. Maybe not every vote of theirs is one that you agree with...
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And Councillor Myers has been a big champion of affordable housing, moving a sixplex pilot project as a way to help affordable housing developers access CMHC funds. He takes the TTC and uses micromobility and you can tell. Maybe not every vote of theirs is one that you agree with...
The issue is there are two teams running duplicate programs, which one team can run
At the CRA too complicated tax law, removing certain taxes reduces need for people
Some cuts aren’t cuts but rather a shift to new departments like CMHC moving to BHC
AI is being brought in as well
At the CRA too complicated tax law, removing certain taxes reduces need for people
Some cuts aren’t cuts but rather a shift to new departments like CMHC moving to BHC
AI is being brought in as well
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The issue is there are two teams running duplicate programs, which one team can run
At the CRA too complicated tax law, removing certain taxes reduces need for people
Some cuts aren’t cuts but rather a shift to new departments like CMHC moving to BHC
AI is being brought in as well
At the CRA too complicated tax law, removing certain taxes reduces need for people
Some cuts aren’t cuts but rather a shift to new departments like CMHC moving to BHC
AI is being brought in as well
The idea that the Canadian federal govt is doling out loans to municipalities on each cities' credit for housing is, for example, a stretch. And a gross oversimplification of what the CMHC actually does. Strange comparison.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The idea that the Canadian federal govt is doling out loans to municipalities on each cities' credit for housing is, for example, a stretch. And a gross oversimplification of what the CMHC actually does. Strange comparison.
Post you from a different era.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Post you from a different era.
The CMHC garden suite and multiplex design catalogue got a lot of well-deserved attention. The companion Material Guide by Ha/f Climate Design is equally impressive. It provides a life-cycle assessment of the cost and carbon of each choice of materials to inform low-cost, low-carbon, construction.
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The CMHC garden suite and multiplex design catalogue got a lot of well-deserved attention. The companion Material Guide by Ha/f Climate Design is equally impressive. It provides a life-cycle assessment of the cost and carbon of each choice of materials to inform low-cost, low-carbon, construction.
* a correction - 2026's 2.3% rent increase limit will cost $507 for the average $1837/month 1BR (2024 CMHC average)
Last year's 3% increase cost the average 1BR renter an extra $650 in 2025.
Last year's 3% increase cost the average 1BR renter an extra $650 in 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
* a correction - 2026's 2.3% rent increase limit will cost $507 for the average $1837/month 1BR (2024 CMHC average)
Last year's 3% increase cost the average 1BR renter an extra $650 in 2025.
Last year's 3% increase cost the average 1BR renter an extra $650 in 2025.
He’s more than right about CMHC being a public housing developer at union rates. @mark-carney.bsky.social: THIS is what Cdns need, not more rent that’s impossible for families to pay.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
He’s more than right about CMHC being a public housing developer at union rates. @mark-carney.bsky.social: THIS is what Cdns need, not more rent that’s impossible for families to pay.
Loughton asking for a report back on these conversations with CMHC and/or federal Minister of Housing.
Loughton: Resident asked for more than 10% affordable units in this program? Is 20% even possible?
Staff: We found 10% is the upper limit of what we can offer on tax exemption.
Loughton: Resident asked for more than 10% affordable units in this program? Is 20% even possible?
Staff: We found 10% is the upper limit of what we can offer on tax exemption.
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Loughton asking for a report back on these conversations with CMHC and/or federal Minister of Housing.
Loughton: Resident asked for more than 10% affordable units in this program? Is 20% even possible?
Staff: We found 10% is the upper limit of what we can offer on tax exemption.
Loughton: Resident asked for more than 10% affordable units in this program? Is 20% even possible?
Staff: We found 10% is the upper limit of what we can offer on tax exemption.
Staff contd: I agree that we're still running up against same challenges because the tax exemption is for 10 years and CMHC is looking at longer-term revenue. The underwriters are using industry standards to look at performance of these buildings, but we can keep reaching out.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Staff contd: I agree that we're still running up against same challenges because the tax exemption is for 10 years and CMHC is looking at longer-term revenue. The underwriters are using industry standards to look at performance of these buildings, but we can keep reaching out.
Loughton cont'd: Has there been any communication with CMHC and other lenders to consider the savings from the RTE in their loan underwriting process?
Staff: Spoke with CMHC. There was some acknowledgment, and there's a stream under their own programs to apply under local government programs.
Staff: Spoke with CMHC. There was some acknowledgment, and there's a stream under their own programs to apply under local government programs.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Loughton cont'd: Has there been any communication with CMHC and other lenders to consider the savings from the RTE in their loan underwriting process?
Staff: Spoke with CMHC. There was some acknowledgment, and there's a stream under their own programs to apply under local government programs.
Staff: Spoke with CMHC. There was some acknowledgment, and there's a stream under their own programs to apply under local government programs.
Loughton: Seems to be working for non-market. Reached out to market builders to ask why they aren't using it. CMHC sizes their loans based on the revenue of the project. If the RTE were included in their calculations, it should incentivize higher CMHC loans.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Loughton: Seems to be working for non-market. Reached out to market builders to ask why they aren't using it. CMHC sizes their loans based on the revenue of the project. If the RTE were included in their calculations, it should incentivize higher CMHC loans.
reliance on AI is insane.
40,000 jobs gone. poof. solid middle-class jobs with good pensions. How TF do we replace those? You'd think the economist would realize this
My province has a program with CMHC to help Indigenous first time homebuyers. I assume this will go and it has helped so many.
40,000 jobs gone. poof. solid middle-class jobs with good pensions. How TF do we replace those? You'd think the economist would realize this
My province has a program with CMHC to help Indigenous first time homebuyers. I assume this will go and it has helped so many.
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
reliance on AI is insane.
40,000 jobs gone. poof. solid middle-class jobs with good pensions. How TF do we replace those? You'd think the economist would realize this
My province has a program with CMHC to help Indigenous first time homebuyers. I assume this will go and it has helped so many.
40,000 jobs gone. poof. solid middle-class jobs with good pensions. How TF do we replace those? You'd think the economist would realize this
My province has a program with CMHC to help Indigenous first time homebuyers. I assume this will go and it has helped so many.
True, bust that is since the feds changed the focus of CMHC.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
True, bust that is since the feds changed the focus of CMHC.
$20B more (+33%) in mortgage loans for multi-family rental housing. I haven't looked how this compares to other CMHC programs but off the top of my head I think it's similar to the increase in the Apartment Construction Loan Program last budget?
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
$20B more (+33%) in mortgage loans for multi-family rental housing. I haven't looked how this compares to other CMHC programs but off the top of my head I think it's similar to the increase in the Apartment Construction Loan Program last budget?
Next, CMHC.
-Ending programs not aligned with building homes (no specifics)
-Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program cancelled
(This will raise eyebrows for BC residents because the provincial program was ended to not overlap with the incoming federal program)
16/x
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #Budget2025
-Ending programs not aligned with building homes (no specifics)
-Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program cancelled
(This will raise eyebrows for BC residents because the provincial program was ended to not overlap with the incoming federal program)
16/x
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #Budget2025
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Next, CMHC.
-Ending programs not aligned with building homes (no specifics)
-Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program cancelled
(This will raise eyebrows for BC residents because the provincial program was ended to not overlap with the incoming federal program)
16/x
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #Budget2025
-Ending programs not aligned with building homes (no specifics)
-Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program cancelled
(This will raise eyebrows for BC residents because the provincial program was ended to not overlap with the incoming federal program)
16/x
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #Budget2025
Baker adds that there's an urgency here, plus could planning work that has unlocked these sites. The HAF has let them unlock the capital & the CMHC design for a project like this is helpful, but the timeline is critical b/c there's 1 year left on HAF funding. That's the most important consideration
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Baker adds that there's an urgency here, plus could planning work that has unlocked these sites. The HAF has let them unlock the capital & the CMHC design for a project like this is helpful, but the timeline is critical b/c there's 1 year left on HAF funding. That's the most important consideration
Chretien & Martin are also a big part of the reason Canada has a housing crisis. After Mulroney slashed CMHC funding, neither Chretien nor Martin increased funding, contributing to a massive housing shortage.
Austerity is generally good for corporations, usually not good for working class people.
Austerity is generally good for corporations, usually not good for working class people.
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Chretien & Martin are also a big part of the reason Canada has a housing crisis. After Mulroney slashed CMHC funding, neither Chretien nor Martin increased funding, contributing to a massive housing shortage.
Austerity is generally good for corporations, usually not good for working class people.
Austerity is generally good for corporations, usually not good for working class people.
Young people aren’t waiting, they are moving, and taking expertise & kids out of the city.
Yes, take development charges off new housing and on to taxes, but also add mush more CMHC financing to non profit owners, so developers can reduce financing costs, &MAYBE build what the city needs.
#cdnpoli
Yes, take development charges off new housing and on to taxes, but also add mush more CMHC financing to non profit owners, so developers can reduce financing costs, &MAYBE build what the city needs.
#cdnpoli
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Young people aren’t waiting, they are moving, and taking expertise & kids out of the city.
Yes, take development charges off new housing and on to taxes, but also add mush more CMHC financing to non profit owners, so developers can reduce financing costs, &MAYBE build what the city needs.
#cdnpoli
Yes, take development charges off new housing and on to taxes, but also add mush more CMHC financing to non profit owners, so developers can reduce financing costs, &MAYBE build what the city needs.
#cdnpoli
Carney showcases latest innovation in CMHC housing.
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Carney showcases latest innovation in CMHC housing.
