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CHBA's Sector Transition Strategy

With the chronic lack of supply driving up house prices, the federal government has determined that Canada must double housing starts and build 5.8 million homes over the next decade to address the housing deficit and tackle housing affordability. However, there are currently many challenges that will make it impossible to reach that target without substantial systemic change to how we finance and build homes in this country. In order to see a transition to more factory-built systems, government support will be needed initially to substantiate the business case and de-risk the investments. CHBA’s Sector Transition Strategy outlines what those risks are and what can be done to mitigate them to facilitate a mass move towards more factory-built homes, which, among other benefits, allow for faster construction with fewer delays, and will require less of a ramp up in labour. Read more here.