Rental Housing Canada

Yesterday, RHC members closed out a strong day one on Parliament Hill with a great reception alongside MP Bobby Morrissey and MP Scott Aitchison, keeping rental housing front and center nationally.

What a first day in Ottawa. RHC members engaged directly with MP Brad Redekopp, MP Scott Aitchison, and senior federal officials to discuss rental housing nationally. A strong start to our time on the Hill.

Condo starts in Metro Vancouver are at a 15-year low, but purpose-built rental construction is moving in the opposite direction. But the longer-term test is whether that rental pipeline can grow fast enough to meet Metro Vancouver’s housing needs through 2036.

Saskatchewan didn't get here by accident. $60 million in targeted provincial support helped move the needle, proof that when policy and capital pull in the same direction, supply follows. Learn more: rentalhousingcanada.ca

Pier 4 REIT just placed a bet on Halifax over the usual big-city targets. When capital treats secondary markets as core, not backup, it signals the kind of sustained investment Canada's rental supply needs outside cities like Toronto and Vancouver.

A local need, met with new rental supply. 42 seniors are currently on the housing wait list in Kings County, PEI. A rezoning is enabling 30 new purpose-built rental homes for seniors in the community of Three Rivers. Read more: thespec.com/news/canada/thre…

Remote communities face some of the toughest rental supply barriers: limited labour, high shipping costs, short building seasons. Hay River's modular approach cuts through those constraints, and if it scales, could change how Canada builds in hard-to-reach markets.

Institutional capital doesn't flow to markets it doesn't trust. BGO's bet on Pivot and The James signals real confidence in Canada's rental sector, but that confidence depends on policy staying predictable enough to keep it coming. Learn more: rentalhousingcanada.ca

When students can’t find housing near campus, they compete with workers and families for rental homes elsewhere. EY estimates Canada needs 400,000 purpose-built student beds within six years. Building them will ease pressure across the rental market. More: rentalhousingcanada.ca

Calgary’s strong housing construction reflects projects planned, financed and approved years ago. But development permits are down 42% year over year, pointing to a thinner pipeline. Sustaining rental supply will require keeping new projects moving.