BILD celebrates National Housing Day
Today is National Housing Day, and Habitat for Humanity Toronto, the City of Toronto and BILD played a big role in celebrating the annual event. A National Housing Day symposium was held at the Daniel...
View ArticleLending a helping hand – a Q+A with Steve Upton
We recently reported that BILD chair Steve Upton was named to John Tory’s Transition Advisory Council last week. Steve will join an esteemed group of professionals as they work together with the...
View ArticleFraser Institute releases report: New Homes and Red Tape
It takes longer to get a new home built and it’s costing more, according to a newly-released report by the Fraser Institute. The land development, home building and renovation industry is one of the...
View ArticleChallenge in building affordable housing
These two terms: ‘affordable housing’ and ‘housing affordability’ mean different things and addressing the first can impact the second. Affordable housing is housing for people in need including...
View ArticleHousing affordability an important issue for everyone
Housing affordability is an important issue in the Greater Toronto Area, and one that has most residents worrying about what the future will hold for them and for their children. Some 70 percent of...
View ArticleAffordability of housing is important to everyone
The GTA is in need of affordable housing and there are many challenges when it comes to building more of it. Affordable housing is housing for people in need. There are many kinds of affordable housing...
View ArticleFederal funding for housing and transit good news
The recent federal budget included funding for public transit and affordable housing and that’s good news for the GTA. The federal government plans to invest $3.4 billion in public transit across the...
View ArticleBuilding industry hosts affordable housing forum
The inadequate supply of affordable housing is a massive and growing problem in the GTA, and one that governments at all levels are actively working to address. The homebuilding and land development...
View ArticleGTA needs more housing for lower-income families
It’s no secret that the GTA needs more affordable housing and that creating it is a challenge. One of the biggest hurdles stems from a historic lack of government funding and incentive programs. Over...
View ArticleLack of housing supply and eroding affordability challenge the GTA
The Greater Toronto Area is in danger of becoming the next London or Palo Alto, places that are highly desirable but unaffordable for most people. This is a growing region and people want to live here...
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