{"id":87,"date":"2026-10-08T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/?p=87"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:00:00","slug":"canada-needs-twice-the-projected-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/canada-needs-twice-the-projected-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Needs Twice the Projected Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/shahin-shahlaee\/cmhc-canada-housing-remotion-videos-5064\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Drawing on over 20 years in consulting and a master&#039;s in business, I have seen firsthand how projections and realities often diverge in the housing sector\u2014especially in markets like Greater Vancouver. The national housing agency now estimates that to restore pre-pandemic affordability, Canada will need between 417,000 and 469,000 new homes annually until 2036. Yet, current construction forecasts fall significantly short, with a persistent supply gap of 187,000 to 238,000 homes each year over the next decade. The anticipated slowdown in construction, outpacing demand, poses a substantial challenge to achieving affordability targets. With most of today&#039;s building focused on existing projects, bridging this gap would require a dramatic increase in new developments. Ultimately, to make meaningful progress on affordability, Canada must double its current housing construction outlook for the next ten years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing on over 20 years in consulting and a master&#039;s in business, I have seen firsthand how projections and realities often diverge in the housing sector\u2014especially in markets like Greater Vancouver. The national housing agency now estimates that to restore pre-pandemic affordability, Canada will need between 417,000 and 469,000 new homes annually until 2036. Yet, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}