Grim housing climate

[border_humper]

Internal government documents reveal grim housing climate in Canada
By The Canadian Press
Published: September 12, 2025 at 1:25PM EDT

As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada.

Briefing materials prepared for incoming Housing Minister Gregor Robertson this past May acknowledge that costly housing is hurting the economy and making it difficult for people to find places to live.

The documents say the government has fallen behind on investing in housing offered below market rates, a shortfall that is hitting newcomers and vulnerable Canadians especially hard.

Government figures show the cost of building the average home in Canada has increased 58 per cent since 2020 and could rise further, thanks to U.S. tariffs.

The federal government plans to create a new Build Canada Homes agency to ramp up the pace of affordable homebuilding and encourage builders to adopt new technologies.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said at the Liberal caucus retreat earlier this week that his government would launch the new agency in the coming days.

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Grim, 58% inflation, but more bureaucracy will fix it!

 

[brutana_dilewski]

As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster

Don't let the government build your home.

 

[TOPDAWG]

Just show pictures of the damn reserves. Honestly, driving through one just outside Calgary was depressing—every house looked like a copy-and-paste job.

 

[brutana_dilewski]

They won't be that fancy though. Private entrances and patios are too bourgeoisie! Expect 400 sq ft apartments filled with jeets.

 

[RightOfSask]

I get the same feeling when driving through the suburbs of Saskatoon. I fucking hate these McMansion copy and paste jobs. Absolutely depressing.

 

[brutana_dilewski]

@RightOfSask it's even worse than just the appearance. These new 'neighbourhoods' all have homeowner associations that have a bunch of stupid rules that everyone has to follow (no old cars in the driveway, regulations on landscaping/fencing/etc.)

Much better off in an older area where my property is mine and no random jerkoff can tell me what to do with it!

 

[DripDrop]

I love all the boulevard trees that are providing shade and ecosystems.
Hopefully no water gets into those bricks (on every house). I hear those Saskatoon winters get pretty cold,
And is that a front yard of rocks and tumbleweed, right beside that full lot of concrete?

This neighbourhood is a handyman's dream!

 

[ChevChelios]

@RightOfSask: I felt the same soul-crushing feeling when I was last in Mississauga a couple of years ago, although I know that some of those houses can be pretty nice inside (which is just as well, because there's bugger-else to do when you're outside of them except work and shop). The flatness of the terrain and the great distance from water in many Canadian cities just adds to the sense of dreary monotony. But maybe I've just been living in the sticks for too long

 

[Jack Layton]

Literally close the airport, Maple Leaf passports only and all suffering will end. People will whine about their tourist business, but will YOU whine about Vancouver, Banff or Charlottetown no longer being full of swarths? More competition for property and FOOD means higher prices as you know.

 

[brutana_dilewski]

this whole place is just an international airport bathroom, and bad news - the toilets are all backed up.

 

[Chobes]

I don't think there's a shortage of housing. The supply is way up, it's just all too expensive. You could throttle the immigrant flow and the average amount of homes we're building now would be adequate. But the government doesn't want to touch the issue because home value is everything to the average Canadian.

 

[416_Refugee]

Yeah, let's look at the relationship of wages to house prices, there's the real story

 

[Beers2Freedom]

Solution:

Stop creating money out of thin air. No more adding zeros.

Stop all immigration for a period of 10-20 years. Give infrastructure a chance to catch up.

End the Temporary Foreign Workers program. Deport all "temporary" immigrants and anyone with an expired visa.

End the Foreign Student Visa Program since it has been exploited, eg: 50 000 Indians that didn't attend a single class in 2024 alone.

Abandon SDG, ESG, UNDRIP, DEI. Make Canada a place where companies want to invest/do business again. This will bring back high paying careers and boost the economy.

Rebuild the Canadian economy.

Build more quality single family homes. Not Jeet constructed garbage where they cut corners to build it faster.(newly constructed homes are garbage now)
Not rushed urban density projects(low income appartments), overpriced condos/apartments. Highstreet Ventures I'm looking at you. Your "All wood" "Low Cost" construction apartment buildings are shit. You can hear a pin drop through the walls. Not to mention the all wood building is an overpriced tinder box.

For any of this to be accomplished you'd have to remove all of parliament and start fresh. Add term limits for all politicians. Make career politicians a thing of the past.

We need a fresh reset.