Carney promises $2.7 billion to build rental homes in Toronto

August 5, 2026

CBC: The partnership between the government of Canada and city of Toronto includes 5,600 rental homes, 1,800 of which will be “deeply affordable,” supportive or rent-controlled, Carney said at a news conference Wednesday. He said 4,500 new homes — 80 per cent of the total — will be under construction by year’s end…