Boardroom Brief: EP. 09 – How Federal Action Could Change Canada’s Housing Game

The federal government recently launched Build Canada Homes, a new agency with an ambitious mandate: to rapidly scale up housing construction across the country, aiming to help double the national housing supply and improve affordability as part of Canada’s broader housing strategy. Backed by an initial $13 billion capital infusion, the agency aims to break bottlenecks by fast-tracking large-scale projects, unlocking land, and delivering financing where it’s needed most.

The timing is critical as Canada faces a growing supply gap, with millions of new homes needed by 2031 to meet the growing population. In Ontario, the pressure is especially acute, as population growth outpaces housing starts, while high interest rates, construction costs, and permitting delays continue to impact project delivery.

For private stakeholders—developers, lenders, and investors—the key question is: Can BCH restore confidence in Canada’s housing market by accelerating delivery at scale, unlocking public land, and fostering stronger private-sector partnerships? Which housing segments are likely to see the greatest impact from BCH’s proposed plan? And most importantly, will this agency prove to be a sustainable catalyst for streamlined housing delivery?

In this episode of Boardroom Brief, we discuss the pressure points and potential outcomes of Ottawa’s latest move, and what it could mean for the future of housing in Canada.

• How BCH could unlock stalled housing supply and restore market confidence.

• Why affordable housing and select condo projects are the key segments for intervention.

• How public land and targeted capital can complement—not compete with—the private sector.

• Why coordination across federal, provincial, and municipal levels is critical for streamlined approvals.

• How strategically deployed government investment can catalyze broader industry activity.

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