housing

Twenty-five bold, entirely doable ways to make Canada affordable again

Asylum seekers are arriving in Canada in record numbers, sleeping in shelters, churches and sometimes on the street. Reception centres are a more humane approach. 

Marcel LeBrun made millions as a software tycoon, then funnelled his fortune into 12 Neighbours, a planned community of 99 affordable tiny homes in Fredericton. For the city’s unhoused, it’s a chance to turn their luck around.

"The units are modular, identical, 275-square-foot studios with galley kitchens, a living room, a bedroom and a bathroom"

Currently listed for $19.8 million, the 104-acre property comes with a winery, a pond and an old-growth forest

Housing policy researcher Carolyn Whitzman says Canada needs a national social-housing program—and much better data

Architect Paul Kariouk found a way to engineer a lake view, even though the house isn’t on the shoreline

Laura Dawe thought she’d never be able to afford a home. Then a little yellow house in picturesque Pouch Cove caught her eye.

This $1,899,000 home took five years to renovate

The private half-acre island comes with a two-bedroom cabin, plus two bunkies and a 30-foot dock