#canada housing

[this-is-the-wayne]

Living in Canada right now is wild, I spend my days discussing the housing bubble and how most people can't afford a house or to just RENT, but how the gov is now using my extremely high taxes to build the PM a new house *cough mansion* :)

[intersectionalpraxis]

Where do I even begin? I'm appalled. The Canadian government living up to its roots in colonial-settler violence... this is beyond criminal. Contact your MP's. This erasure and anti-Palestinian racism is unacceptable.

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[newlifemortgages]

The State of Canada's Housing Construction in 2023: Insights and Analysis

So, what's the real deal with Canada's housing construction in 2023?

Let's go ahead and get straight to it. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing construction in Canada's six biggest metropolitan areas saw a tiny increase of 1.0% in the first half of 2023 compared to last year. Wow, talk about a slow climb.

Now, where was this slight increase coming from? You guessed it - apartment starts! These had a healthy jump of 15% (48,029 units) for the period. But hold your horses because all other categories weren't so lucky. Row house starts took a 17% dip, semis fell by 22%, and the gold standard of housing - detached single-family homes - saw a drop of 25%. Ouch!

And who were the star players in this game? Toronto and Vancouver, of course! They accounted for nearly two-thirds of the starts, with increases of 32% and 49%, respectively. But not everyone was having a party. Poor Montreal was hit with a 58% overall decline. Can we get a moment of silence for Montreal?

In an earlier report, the CMHC stated that Canada needs to build an additional 3.5 million housing units by 2030, surpassing the predicted 2.3 million, to meet the expected demand. No pressure, right?

But here's the kicker: high interest rates, reduced credit access, and skyrocketing construction and labour costs have put homebuilders between a rock and a hard place. This has resulted in fewer project starts and longer completion times. Talk about a tough gig!

The CMHC anticipates that these economic challenges will further dent building starts through the second half of the year, pushing starts back to last year's levels. On top of that, the agency expects a rising demand for rental housing, driven by record high levels of immigration and the ever-increasing barriers to home ownership, including those pesky high prices and interest rates. So, who's up for a game of Monopoly?

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[beviebamm]

I am so sick of Canadian politics

It's just a bunch of nepo babies, raised within historic systems of injustice, pretending to be good advocates for the working class (of which they have never really engaged with outside of campaign settings).

[haneenatya34]

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[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[ilcontephotography]

In 2019, a strange little pink house appeared right on the top of the historical plant of the Canada Malting Silos, built in 1905 and abandoned in 1986. The unknown authors brought the material to an height of about 35 meters to build this absolutely unique thing and added later other pieces to their creation, like a Christmas three, a gift and other decorations. 

I think I have never seen anything like this in hundreds of explorations in abandoned places!

Montréal, Québec - Canada.

© Roberto Conte (2022)

[vangoghcore]

by elizabethpotterphoto

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Vancouver woman who is eight months pregnant says her landlord is threatening to raise the rent once her child has been born.

Joy Maynard and Antoine Moore are expecting their first child any day and have been living in their Vancouver basement suite since April 2021.

They told their landlord earlier in the summer about the pregnancy and Maynard said he informed them that his son is the owner of the house so they need to be talking to his son about these matters.

That’s when they said they were informed that any additional occupant would cost them $600 a month.

“We also told them that my mom is coming to visit. The son said that my mom is going to be considered an occupant,” Maynard said.

Full article

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[expressions-of-nature]

Winter in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada by Kristaaaaa

[stukko]

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[arc-hus]

Patkau House, West Vancouver - Patkau Architects

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[humanoidhistory]

Grain elevator at Collingwood, Ontario. Like a big spooky house.

(Library and Archives Canada)

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This home looks like a country cottage, so I was not prepared for the interior. It was built in 1830 in Charlotte Parish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 4bds, 3ba, C$649K.

The entrance door is black with gold accents and it's not the typical country house door.

I didn't expect to be greeted by a mannequin.

The hall is typically Victorian, but the decor is so interesting.

Great antique organ. I expect that the keyboard comes down- how can you play it like that?

Guest powder room.

Wow, look at the sitting room. Looks like it's sunken- there are 2 steps on the right.

I like the dining room. It's incredibly elegant.

The kitchen is industrial style.

Probably the primary bedroom. I like the fireplace and stick walls.

Very cozy bedroom. This home was carefully and lovingly decorated. I always wonder what makes people sell homes that were obviously loved.

This room has a half bath.

Here's a lovely elegant bedroom.

It's empty, but this room could be anything.

Love the fireplace in here.

The full bath looks like it could use some updating.

The shower looks new, though.

There's potential above the garage.

A pretty, small country church is next door and the new owner of the house will also share and enjoy its cemetery.

The house is on a .51 acre lot.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14173-Saint-Peters-Rd-Charlotte-Parish-PE-C1C-0N6/349631687_zpid/?

[beviebamm]

I hate the Canadian housing market.

Currently miserable in my apartment. It's been a week straight of constant banging upstairs. I guess there renovating it. I don't know how many days it will be like this. But it's hell on Earth for someone like me who has sensory issues. It's insane that we live in a world where laws make it so a few people own most of the properties and if you didn't have parents and grandparents financially preparing for you, you basically pay someone else's parents and grandparents to give their kids financial security.

It's crazy that we are living in economic conditions where we spend most of our time struggling to pay for an apartment with poor insulation, minimal privacy, little security, and isn't even of a good state for people with a variety of health issues.