Fixing Housing Affordability Requires a Full Housing Continuum Approach

Image of young family moving into their first home

Canada’s housing affordability challenges cannot be solved by focusing on just one part of the system. Canada’s last National Housing Strategy focused almost exclusively on non-market social and subsidized housing—as the time comes to update the strategy, it is critical that the full continuum be addressed, with permanent policy measures to do so.

CHBA to the Federal Government: Don’t let the Spring Economic Update be a wasted opportunity to address market-rate homeownership affordability challenges

Parliament Building in Ottawa

The federal government should support homeownership affordability in the 2026 Spring Economic Update by building on recent announcements to cut taxes on new housing.