{"id":99,"date":"2026-10-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:00:00","slug":"private-sector-must-lead-canadas-housing-response-carleton-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/private-sector-must-lead-canadas-housing-response-carleton-expert-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Private sector must lead Canada&#8217;s housing response, Carleton expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Canada&#039;s housing market is feeling the pressure\u2014annual housing starts are sitting at 250,000, while experts say we actually need between 400,000 and 470,000 just to keep up. With our population growing, the shortage is only getting worse. High development charges and slow approvals are major roadblocks to building enough homes. As someone who\u2019s been helping clients find homes across Surrey, Vancouver, and beyond, I see every day how crucial it is for the private sector to step up and drive real change. The path forward depends on innovative solutions and a shared commitment to expanding our housing supply.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/economic\/2026\/10\/private-sector-must-lead-canadas-housing-response-carleton-expert-says\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#039;s housing market is feeling the pressure\u2014annual housing starts are sitting at 250,000, while experts say we actually need between 400,000 and 470,000 just to keep up. With our population growing, the shortage is only getting worse. High development charges and slow approvals are major roadblocks to building enough homes. As someone who\u2019s been helping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mverma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}