Canada Needs 3.5 Million More Homes Built to Reach Affordability, Housing Agency Says

Canada Needs 3.5 Million More Homes Built to Reach Affordability, Housing Agency Says
Various condo projects in Langford, B.C., on Oct. 22, 2021. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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Canada needs 3.5 million more homes to be built by the end of the decade before housing becomes affordable again, a new report says.

The report, published by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Thursday, says Canada’s approach to housing supply needs to be rethought before housing costs can reach a level where average households spend not more than 40 percent of their disposable income on shelter.