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People rush past a man sitting on the street wrapped in a blanket.

Canada can choose to prevent youth homelessness. The U.K. shows the way

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

A sun sets behind the frame of a new home construction.

Ontario’s new law should make planning faster — not move the work elsewhere

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

Electric-trolley wires connect overhead as a dozen people cross the street.

Canada has three immigration realities, not one

The skyline is filled with glass towers and a couple of cranes.

Condos to co-ops: It makes sense to turn unsold units into social housing

Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

A worker in a white helmet stands on scaffolding near the support beams for a roof.

How Build Canada Homes can build affordable housing fast

Affordable, secure and adequate housing as an economic strategy

Rising house prices and the challenge governments face

Federal tax policy incentivizes demolition over reuse

We need to focus on the problem of crowding, not density, in our cities

More innovative transit, mixed-use development and cities’ essential workers

A four storey rid brick building.

Addressing climate change by retrofitting Canada’s existing buildings

The rise of financial landlords has turned rental apartments into a vehicle for profit

The blueprint to address systemic racism in First Nations’ housing

Homelessness could rise with economic downturn

Ontario’s Bill 184 and the myth of tenant protection

Homelessness is a life or death issue during a pandemic

COVID-19 has changed how we respond to northern homelessness

COVID-19 has proven Canada can cure homelessness

L’annulation des loyers : un débat incontournable

Homelessness: criminalization or social integration?

Good reviews (mostly) for the National Housing Strategy

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