Canada Must Renew its National Housing Strategy

Canada’s National Housing Strategy, the government’s main plan for tackling housing affordability, is set to expire in 2027. If it isn’t renewed, federal housing spending will drop by more than half. Gen Squeeze founder, Dr. Paul Kershaw unpacks what’s at stake.

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Generation Squeeze
/April 08, 2026

Canada’s National Housing Strategy is the federal government’s main plan for tackling housing affordability. The strategy expires in 2027. If it isn’t renewed, federal housing spending will drop by more than half.

In this episode of the Hard Truths Pod, Generation Squeeze founder, Dr. Paul Kershaw unpacks what’s at stake and why a housing system that works for the next generation can’t be built on ever-rising home prices for the last.

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