OTTAWA, ON, July 5, 2024 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Sean
Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities,
announced the launch of a formal Request for Proposals (RFP)
process for the Housing Design Catalogue. The RFP will seek design
services for the development of low-rise designs as part of the
Housing Design Catalogue initiative. Interested proponents have
until August 7, 2024, to
submit their proposal.
In January 2024, the Government of
Canada began conducting targeted
engagements with industry professionals and technical experts,
homebuilders, non-profit housing providers, and other orders of
government to inform the types of designs, features, and amenities
in the catalogue, and to discuss how it can be adopted and
implemented in various regions across the country. The Housing
Design Catalogue – What We Heard Report summarizes the findings
from the engagement and reflects on key points that have helped to
inform the government's next steps.
The launch of the RFP process is an important step in advancing
the first phase of the Housing Design Catalogue initiative. The
first iteration of the Catalogue, set to become available in late
2024, will contain up to 50 low-rise housing designs, such as
row housing, fourplexes, sixplexes, and accessory dwelling units,
that provinces, territories, and municipalities could use to
simplify and accelerate housing approvals and builds. The
government will also explore opportunities to leverage new
construction methods such as modular and pre-fabrication in future
iterations of the catalogue.
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"We need to build more homes, faster, and Canada's Housing Plan provides the blueprint
to get us there. As a country, we need to innovate, deploy new
tools and cut red tape to fast track construction. The Housing
Design Catalogue provides an opportunity to find modern day
solutions to the housing challenges of today. I am excited to
introduce standardized designs later this year that will help
builders construct cost-effective, labour efficient, energy
efficient homes that are also built rapidly and affordably."
The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing,
Infrastructure and Communities
Quick Facts
- In December 2023, the Government
of Canada committed to begin
engagements in early January 2024 to
lay the foundation to change how Canada builds homes with a new housing design
catalogue initiative.
- Budget 2024 provided $11.6
million in 2024-25 to support the development of the Housing
Design Catalogue for up to 50 designs to simplify and accelerate
housing approvals and builds.
- Managed by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), on
behalf of the Government of Canada, the RFP process is seeking proposals
from capable firms specialized in residential design services to
produce a series of flexible designs that will form the federal
low-rise housing design catalogue.
Associated links
- CanadaBuys – Tender Notice
- Housing Design Catalogue
- Federal government lays the foundation to change how
Canada builds homes
- Solving the Housing Crisis: Canada's Housing Plan
- Budget 2024: Fairness for every generation
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