{"id":2019,"date":"2026-08-19T08:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/federal-housing-overhaul-canada-lands-assets-move-to-build-canada-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:41","slug":"federal-housing-overhaul-canada-lands-assets-move-to-build-canada-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/federal-housing-overhaul-canada-lands-assets-move-to-build-canada-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Housing Overhaul: Canada Lands Assets Move to Build Canada Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A significant shift is underway in the federal effort to tackle the housing crisis. As of August 19, the land holdings and development expertise of the Canada Lands Company have officially transitioned under the umbrella of Build Canada Homes (BCH). This move, aimed at streamlining the delivery of housing on public land, sees veteran real estate executive James Cox moving into a key leadership role at the agency. For GTA observers, the implications are notable: the massive Downsview Lands project\u2014a site slated to support up to 63,000 future homes, with an initial phase of 540 units featuring 40% affordable housing\u2014is now firmly under the BCH mandate. This consolidation of federal tools is designed to accelerate development timelines on public sites across Ontario and beyond. For a deeper look at how this restructuring will impact the local development pipeline, read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/build-canada-homes-canada-lands\/\">STOREYS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-original-url=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/build-canada-homes-canada-lands\/\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/build-canada-homes-canada-lands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal housing efforts consolidate as Canada Lands assets shift to Build Canada Homes. What this means for the massive Downsview redevelopment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[317,953,787,742,207],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-build-canada-homes","tag-downsview","tag-gta-development","tag-housing-policy","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}