{"id":78,"date":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","slug":"canada-needs-twice-the-projected-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/canada-needs-twice-the-projected-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Needs Twice the Projected Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sarah-fleming-1\/cmhc-canada-housing-remotion-videos-5064\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>The latest figures from the national housing agency highlight just how significant our housing supply challenge is: Canada needs between 417,000 and 469,000 new homes built each year through 2036 to bring affordability back to pre-pandemic levels. That\u2019s nearly double what current construction projections suggest. In reality, we\u2019re looking at a long-term gap of 187,000 to 238,000 homes annually over the next decade. With new construction expected to slow even as demand remains strong, it\u2019s clear that the path to affordability is an uphill climb\u2014and today\u2019s market downturn only increases the risk of falling further behind. As a Homelife Higher Standards Sales Representative, I\u2019m committed to guiding clients through these complexities and ensuring they\u2019re supported at every stage of their journey, even as the landscape shifts. The scale of the challenge is large, but understanding the numbers helps us navigate the road ahead with confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest figures from the national housing agency highlight just how significant our housing supply challenge is: Canada needs between 417,000 and 469,000 new homes built each year through 2036 to bring affordability back to pre-pandemic levels. That\u2019s nearly double what current construction projections suggest. In reality, we\u2019re looking at a long-term gap of 187,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}