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Housing Summit 6.0

RESCON held its sixth annual housing summit on Sept. 23.

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The event featured speakers, policymakers, experts and panels that examined whether housing reforms have been effective and what needs to happen next.

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Many thanks to our sponsors: Enbridge, Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario, LiUNA Local 183, and the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board.

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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

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Reports

Housing Summit 6.0 special report

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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 

David Coletto - Abacus Data​

Marlon Bray - Clark Construction Management

Daniel Foch - Valery Real Estate Inc.

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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

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