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Housing experts, advocates, industry have unified message for government: Get more rentals built

A coalition of housing experts, advocates and industry representatives are calling on the government to overhaul its policies…

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Renewing your mortgage at a higher rate? Here's what that could look like

It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people…

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It's nearly impossible to find a place to rent. But retirement homes have room to spare

Cost of Living8:22Looking for a deal on a rental? Try a retirement homeWhile Canada's average national vacancy rate…

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Broken promise: How high hopes for Manitoba's social housing have turned to disappointment

In March 1961, Winnipeg city council approved the $8.4-million Burrows-Keewatin project. Work began to clear nearly 50 acres…

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Ottawa may 'rein in' temporary resident numbers as housing concerns intensify, minister says

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he'll be scrutinizing the number of international students and other non-permanent residents coming…

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Government extends ban on foreign buying of Canadian housing

Politics·NewSome foreign nationals will continue to be banned from buying Canadian housing, as the federal government extends the…

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What it's like to spend the winter at a homeless encampment in Halifax

Kevin McGuire, 44, had a two-bedroom apartment until last summer. He’s on social assistance, and between his shelter…

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International students say it will be a problem to stay in Canada if they can't find housing

Incoming George Brown international student Harshal Bhasgauri says he's dipped into his family's savings in India to pay months…

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He slept on night buses and in a storage locker to avoid homeless shelters

Three days before Christmas, John Grant Yusak was evicted from the closest thing he'd had to a home…

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Family evicted from townhouse awarded $27.7K to be paid by the buyer after sale falls through

A family of four in Surrey, B.C., was recently awarded $27,717 from the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) after…

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Tenants without heat, hot water for weeks as landlord struggles with repairs at Toronto apartment building

Justin Cowen has been shivering inside his apartment for almost three weeks, boiling water to wash dishes and…

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How technology is helping municipalities crack down on illegal short-term rentals

During what Orest Katolyk calls the "wild west" of short-term rentals — the time before regulations were put in place…

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B.C. to tax sellers who flip property after 2 years or less

The B.C. government announced a 20 per cent tax on profit made by people who sell properties two…

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These single moms say landlords won't rent to them because they have kids — even though that's illegal

Mallory Gunn has applied to countless rental units, desperate to find a safe place to live with her…

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Why student housing is in a crisis — and how to fix it

It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people…

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