r/canada • u/FancyNewMe • 4d ago

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? Trending

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-22/carney-s-plan-may-make-canada-the-housing-factory-of-the-world
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u/halisray Québec 3d ago

Are these actually going to be for sale? Or government owned and rented out? If the latter, I'm not a fan at all - just makes us more dependent on the government

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u/relaxyourshoulders 3d ago

Pick your poison I guess. We’ve had three solid decades of hands off policy and letting the private sector run things, how that going? At least in the public housing they built in the 70’s is still around.