Housing is more than just a roof over your head. Safe, affordable housing makes our cities and communities welcoming places to live, work and start a business. It's also key to retaining workers and attracting newcomers to enrich our neighbourhoods and drive economic growth.

The federal government's National Housing Strategy, which was announced in 2017, responds to many of our recommendations. Now we are working hard to shape its rollout: replacing expiring social housing rent subsidies, tackling backlogged social housing repairs, and building the next generation of affordable housing.

Continuing leadership from all orders of government is necessary to tackle the housing affordability crisis, and local expertise should be engaged at every step along the way. Together, we can make sure everyone in Canada can access a safe, decent and affordable place to call home.

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Factsheets: Sustainable Affordable Housing

Learn how to retrofit existing housing for energy-efficiency and plan new builds for higher performance.

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Partners for Canada’s recovery: local solutions for national challenges

As the 44th Parliament begins its work, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) presented a vision for Canada’s recovery to new and returning members of Parliament.

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Partners for Canada’s recovery

Local leaders are ready to build on our federal-municipal partnership to drive the inclusive, sustainable recovery Canadians deserve. Read our proposed solutions.

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Let’s drive the recovery: big-city mayors

After an intense federal election, Canada’s big-city mayors meet today with the Prime Minister and others to advance constructive proposals to drive the strong, inclusive recovery Canadians are counting on through federal-municipal partnership.

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Municipal leaders ready to work with new federal government to build Canada’s recovery

FCM President Joanne Vanderheyden issued the following statement at the conclusion of the September 20-24 online meeting of FCM’s Board of Directors, comprised of municipal leaders from communities of all sizes and regions across Canada.

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FCM welcomes new federal government: “Let’s build Canada’s recovery together”

Joanne Vanderheyden, President of FCM, issued the following statement on the results of the September 20, 2021 federal election.

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Frontline solutions for Canada’s recovery

Election 2021 is an opportunity for federal parties to show how they’ll build a stronger and more inclusive Canada. Local govts are ready to work together to get the job done. Read our election priorities.

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20%
renters spending more than half their income on housing
$1.5B
economic growth generated per $1B invested in housing
75%
household debt resulting from mortgages
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