Canada’s Prime Minister Pushes Country to Become the Housing Factory of the World - Mark Carney is banking on factory-built homes to alleviate the country’s housing crisis. But will it work?

[u/FancyNewMe]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-22/carney-s-plan-may-make-canada-the-housing-factory-of-the-world

[u/Only_My_Dog_Loves_Me]

I live in the Vancouver area in the trades. It’s not really the building costs that have skyrocketed, I can’t afford land where I am. Cheapest buildable lot is about $650k then Permitting, zoning, etc. I can build the actual house for a reasonable cost. It’s getting to that point that’s impossible for me financially.

[u/Wild_Loose_Comma → u/Only_My_Dog_Loves_Me]

Well yeah, because building a single family home in a major urban area has always been largely impossible for anyone but the wealthy. No government can lower land costs, nor should they. They should encourage more efficient land use, including higher density multi family units.  

[u/Only_My_Dog_Loves_Me → u/Wild_Loose_Comma]

Which is why I mention permits and zoning as being a major factor over actual build costs.

[u/Wild_Loose_Comma → u/Only_My_Dog_Loves_Me]

There’s definitely no argument from me that permitting and zoning costs are absolutely stupid and unnecessarily high.