RHC is a member-based association representing the builders of purpose-built rental properties across Canada. 🌆🏗️
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Rental housing keeps Canada moving. It supports renters, powers construction, attracts investment, and helps communities grow. A diverse, well-supplied rental sector is not just good housing policy, it's also good economic policy.
Learn more: rentalhousingcanada.ca
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Canada cannot address its housing shortage without significantly more purpose-built rental housing.
Today, I had the opportunity to appear before the HUMA Committee and speak about how federal programs can better support housing starts and help unlock new rental supply across the country.
Watch the clip below.
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Canada needs more homes, faster.
Today, Rental Housing Canada President & CEO Tony Irwin appeared before the HUMA Committee on federal programs and housing starts to speak about what it will take to unlock more rental supply.
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Build Canada Homes has approved 8 projects delivering 1,100 new rental homes in Ottawa, cutting development charges in half and saving $15,000 per unit.
Read more: pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas…
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TRREB's Q1 2026 data shows GTA condo rental listings are up 6% year-over-year! Rents are down across all unit types, but long-term affordability still depends on sustained rental housing investment.
Read more: trreb.ca/market-data/rental-…
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Canada's rental vacancy rate rose to 3.1% in 2025, driven by slower population growth, fewer international students, and a surge in new completions. This is a temporary market readjustment, not a signal to slow down rental construction.
Read more: optimalfinance.ca/index.php/…
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RHC commends the federal government for its leadership on the Municipal Development Charge Reduction Program, building on the work already done in Ontario.
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to remove barriers, improve project viability, and support new rental housing supply. @gregorrobertson @_MarkSutcliffe @RobFlackEML 2/2
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Toronto is breaking ground on a 255-unit purpose-built rental building in Davenport, with 51 affordable homes managed by WoodGreen Community Services.
Read more: insauga.com/dozens-of-afford…
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A $19.2M federal investment, alongside territorial support, will help deliver 40 new affordable homes in Inuvik. This project will create deeply subsidized rental housing and expand much-needed supply in the North.
Read more: newswire.ca/news-releases/ca…
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Canada’s rental market is shaped by fast-moving policy and regulatory change. RHC membership gives leaders the insights they need to stay ahead, not just keep up.
Join a community helping shape the future of rental housing in Canada.
rentalhousingcanada.ca/join
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Ottawa will waive up to $250M in charges, fees, and taxes to help unlock 3,000 new homes through its Build Canada Homes partnership. Cutting upfront costs is a major step toward making affordable and mixed-income housing viable at scale.
Read more: mpamag.com/ca/mortgage-indus…
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A new $51M affordable housing project in west Winnipeg will bring 150 apartment homes to the city, led by Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. It’s a strong example of Indigenous leadership, housing delivery, and economic reconciliation in action.
Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…
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Cornwall, P.E.I. is getting 70 new rental homes through CMHC’s Apartment Construction Loan Program, including accessible, family-sized, and below-market units. This is the kind of targeted supply communities need.
Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-ed…
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Nova Scotia is moving ahead on 100 new public housing apartments in Dartmouth’s Shannon Park, part of a broader plan to deliver 930 affordable homes with provincial and federal support.
Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…
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Victoria is supporting a new 179-unit co-op housing project with a $677,500 grant. Local backing, paired with federal financing, can help deliver below-market homes and long-term housing security in one of B.C.’s most expensive markets.
Read more: timescolonist.com/local-news…
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Newfoundland and Labrador is adding $4M a year to expand the Canada-NL Housing Benefit, helping about 500 more low-income households afford rent. Portable supports like this matter alongside efforts to grow housing supply.
Read more: ntv.ca/politics/province-ann…
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A new 22-storey rental tower is breaking ground in Etobicoke, adding 250 homes near a major Toronto transit hub. It’s a strong sign of rental housing’s long-term resilience, even as other projects pause.
Read more: nationalpost.com/globe-newsw…
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Build Canada Homes is adding 100 more homes to its @ottawacity partnership, bringing the affordable total to more than 1,100 units. Federal-municipal coordination is helping move family-sized and affordable housing from plan to construction.
Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ca…
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Calgary will receive its third Housing Accelerator Fund payment, with nearly $65M in this installment. Federal support is helping keep momentum going on new market and non-market housing across the city.
Read more: calgarysun.com/news/calgary-…
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