OTTAWA, May 24, 2009 — Social housing across Canada can now access funding for renovation and retrofit projects, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), announced today. “Social housing projects funded and administered by CMHC can now access the funding they [...]
According to Canadian Funding Corporation housing starts in Calgary, Alberta, will decline in 2009 followed by growth in 2010. New home construction in the Calgary Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) will decline for the third consecutive year in 2009 before improving next year. Elevated construction costs, a rising inventory of complete and unabsorbed units, contributed toward [...]
The following principles should be followed, according to the Canadian Funding Corporation, in order to improve the quality of habitation within high-rise buildings. Air Movement High-rise buildings are subjected to a variety of pressures affecting air movement: wind pressures, the stack effect, and mechanically induced pressures. Winds can exert significant pressures – positive pressures on [...]