加拿大设立了16B住房机构,将住房建设增加一倍,并解决无家可归人数日增的问题。 Canada launches $16B housing agency to double construction and tackle rising homelessness.

加拿大发起了建设加拿大住房,这是一个新的联邦机构,旨在加速经济适用住房的建设,并辅之以15亿美元的附加贷款和160亿美元的联邦总投资。 Canada has launched Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency aimed at accelerating affordable housing construction, backed by $1.5 billion in additional loans and $16 billion in total federal investment. 该倡议寻求在今后十年内将住房建造率增加一倍,与政府和土著社区合作,迅速建造数千套住房。 The initiative seeks to double housing construction rates over the next decade, working with governments and Indigenous communities to build thousands of units quickly. 在无家可归现象不断上升——每年上升12%,2024年超过80 000名Ontarian人无家可归——之际,倡导者敦促政府优先考虑可持续的建筑做法,如电热泵和地热系统,以减少排放量,同时不损害负担能力。 Amid rising homelessness—up 12% in a year and over 80,000 Ontarians homeless in 2024—advocates urge the government to prioritize sustainable building practices, such as electric heat pumps and geothermal systems, to reduce emissions without compromising affordability.