To ease the housing crisis, keep building outside the box

Ready-to-assemble modular housing is the solution. These purpose-built, pre-fabricated homes are easily shipped and assembled on-site, and have been gaining increasing exposure in recent years.

Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on Nov. 15. The 2022 budget included a 10-year $72-billion commitment to housing, including $1.5-billion over two years to expand the successful Rapid Housing Initiative, writes Chad Thiessen.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHAD THIESSEN

December 5, 2022

We all know that housing is at crisis levels in Canada.

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