Housing Summit 6.0
RESCON held its sixth annual housing summit on Sept. 23.
The event featured speakers, policymakers, experts and panels that examined whether housing reforms have been effective and what needs to happen next.
Many thanks to our sponsors: Enbridge, Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario, LiUNA Local 183, and the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board.
Videos
Opening Remarks - RESCON president Richard Lyall
Remarks - Premier Doug Ford
Remarks - Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack
A New Standard for Housing Delivery: Nova Scotia’s Advantage - Minister John White - Nova Scotia Department of Growth and Development
Is Canada’s Long Housing Crisis Over? - Ian Lee - Carleton University
TRREB Housing Market Update - Jason Mercer - TRREB
State of the Housing Market: What the Numbers Tell Us - Daniel Foch | Valery Real Estate Inc.
The Housing Crisis Is Making Us Sick, and We Can Measure It - Dr. Paul Smetanin - CANCEA
Macbeth: A Winter’s Tale in Housing - Marlon Bray - Clark Construction Management
From Development to Operations: The Realities of Delivering Rental Housing Today - Tony Irwin - FRPO; John Hickey -The Daniels Corporation; Liza Bauer - Concert Properties; Carolyn Blommestyn - CaraCo Property Management
Housing and the Precarity Mindset - David Coletto - Abacus Data
Build Canada Homes: A New Era for Housing Delivery - Ana Bailão - Build Canada Homes; Nadia Todorova - RCCAO
Remarks - Cara-Lynne Wade - Enbridge
Closing Remarks - Andrew Pariser - RESCON
Reports
Housing Summit 6.0 special report
Presentations
Municipal Affairs & Housing Minister Rob Flack
John White - Minister, Housing Department of Growth and Development Nova Scotia
Ian Lee - University of Carleton Sprott School of Business
Jason Mercer - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
Paul Smetanin - Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis
Marlon Bray - Clark Construction Management
Daniel Foch - Valery Real Estate Inc.
Articles
Housing unaffordability potentially imposes greater social burden than cancer
Green shoots of housing hope visible at RESCON Summit
Housing targets at risk without sustainable construction workforce
Despite small steps forward Canadian housing crisis is far from being solved
Housing Summit 6.0 focuses on impact of housing policy in Ontario
Housing reform is working but too slowly for Canadian homebuyers
Housing affordability improves but Canadian buyers remain on the sidelines
Private sector must lead Canada's housing response
RESCON housing summit hears affordability is improving but supply gap remains