CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MINISTER …
Falling on the Victoria Day long weekend there was no MMB last week, but I would like to take a moment to recap the meetings and events that took place…
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Episode 45: Passive House Passion
Passionate about building to Passive House standards, Shaun St-Amour from Clay Construction talks about associated costs, energy savings, consumer choice, and the importance of challenging the status quo as the…
DetailsHAVAN GOES TO OTTAWA …
As I was away last week, I wanted to thank Dawn Sondergaard for stepping in to post last week’s MMB and providing an insightful article focusing on mental health issues…
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Episode 44: Net Zero Solar Home
Recognizing net zero was within reach of being a reality, Perspective Homes by Pacific adapted the project to help the homeowner realize their goal to build a design-forward, future-proof home…
DetailsMENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
May is Mental Health Awareness Month across North America and an issue that impacts our industry sector particularly hard. Of the many issues faced throughout the past few years with…
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Outdoor Living Ideas
Designing your dream outdoor living space can be a great way to extend your home and create an inviting space to entertain and relax. Whether you’re looking to add an…
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Episode 43: Build Smartr
Harv Sidhu of Build Smartr shares his insights on the benefits of building steel-framed homes, and Build a Box, a plug ‘n play one-room solution for added space.
GENTLE DENSITY …
We need to find ways to enhance flexibility and choices, to encourage innovative and creative solutions, and not to reach into the “old bag” of compounding and conflicting regulations as…
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Episode 42: Bryan Baeumler – Value Working With the Pros
Special Guest Bryan Baeumler of Baeumler Approved and HGTV fame, along with Graeme Huguet of My House Design Build Team join Mike and Jennifer-Lee in the studio to talk about…
DetailsNIGHT OF NIGHTS …
The 14th annual HAVAN Awards for Housing Excellence gala took place on Saturday night, April 22 at the JW Marriot Parq Hotel in Vancouver, with 550 guests in attendance to…
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Episode 41: Net Zero Ready Townhomes
Exploring the future of townhomes and the challenges faced by industry building with a smaller footprint, for the benefit of the homeowner and future generations, Jonathan Meads of Streetside Developments…
DetailsREALIZING RESULTS …
The Province, on Monday, April 3, announced the Homes for People initiative that is focused directly on producing housing for the “missing middle” and includes the concept of extending province-wide…
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Episode 40: Infill Homes
Naikoon Contracting and One Seed Architecture + Interiors tackle Vancouver’s missing middle housing with a stratified Passivhaus+ duplex project including two lock-off suites, as a smart in-fill solution.
FEDERAL BUDGET GIVETH … TAKES … OR DOES NOTHING
The federal government tabled its 2023 budget last week and in many ways, it was characterized as a relatively light budget seeking to provide some relief for Canadians challenged by…
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Episode 39: Small Houses
Jake Fry of Smallworks talks with Jennifer-Lee and Mike about the concept of attainable housing for the missing middle and building thriving modern-day communities, suggesting we keep an open mind…
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Episode 38: BOSS Building Solutions
Faced with a housing crisis, rising building costs, labour shortages, and the need to reduce the footprint of how we build our homes, Chris Hill of BCollective talks us through…
DetailsHURRY UP AND WAIT …
It was widely reported last week that for the first time in this country’s history, our population grew by over 1 million people, year over year in 2022. International migration…
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Episode 37: Iceberg Homes
Faced with limited land and soaring real estate prices, homeowners are digging deeper for solutions. Father and son duo, John and Jeff Gunson, of Euro Canadian Construction, share the process…
DetailsMORE BILLIONS HERE, AND BILLIONS THERE …
Following up on the last Federal budget on Friday, March 17, Prime Minister Trudeau announced the launch of the $4 billion Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) directed toward funding local governments…
DetailsThey Will Come – Now We Have to Build It …
It has been extensively reported that the immigration targets set by the federal government will require effectively doubling housing starts, and it has to start now. The number of newcomers…
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