Ottawa turning to ‘history books’ with war-time housing plan revival
Global News
Ottawa will revamp a Second World War-era housing plan to speed up the pace of home building in Canada, Housing Minister Sean Fraser says.
Ottawa will revamp a Second World War-era housing plan to speed up the pace of home building in Canada, Housing Minister Sean Fraser says.
Fraser confirmed reporting from Global News on Monday that the federal government was dusting off a program from nearly 80 years ago run by what was at the time known as Wartime Housing Limited to provide standardized housing blueprints to builders.
“In many instances, these homes were being built in a period of about 36 hours, and we intend to take these lessons from our history books and bring them into the 21st century,” Fraser told reporters in Ottawa.
“We are going to be moving forward with a catalogue of pre-approved designs at the federal level.”
Fraser added the government will begin consultations on the matter in January.
More to come.