Canada’s housing progress still leaves a gap

Continued focus on project viability will be essential to ensuring that progress translates into the supply needed to improve affordability.
Housing Minister Gregor Robertson's government is making progress on making it easier for developers to build rental housing. The reintroduction of the Multi-Unit Rental Building incentive—a Liberal promise during the 2025 election campaign—will only help, writes Derek Lobo.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion
BY DEREK LOBO
June 11, 2026

Canada’s housing problem is no longer about ambition; it is whether building still makes economic sense.

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