
Pooling Municipalities to Build: The Housing Portfolio Model, Step by Step
Seventeen municipalities landed 478 housing units together at $313,000 per door. How the housing portfolio model works, step by step, for an RCM or nonprofit.
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Seventeen municipalities landed 478 housing units together at $313,000 per door. How the housing portfolio model works, step by step, for an RCM or nonprofit.

$13 billion in initial capital, 4,000 direct-build homes, 1,055 units in Longueuil and an explicit prefab preference: what Build Canada Homes changes for Quebec nonprofits, co-ops and municipalities.

A nonprofit pooled 17 municipalities, landed one of the largest prefab contracts in Quebec history and targets $313,000 per door. Who builds, where, at what rent.

Zoning, permits, land, NPO partnerships: how a Quebec municipality can welcome affordable modular housing projects.

Eight PHAQ projects totalling 1,650 affordable units in Montreal, from the Namur-Hippodrome site to the old Molson brewery. One thing is missing: Build Canada Homes' approval.

Vacancy under 1%, rents up 55% in Val-d'Or since 2018, mining pressure: why modular construction is taking hold in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Rents up sharply in Rimouski and Matane, 155 modular student units delivered in 10 months: the 2026 portrait of modular housing in the Bas-Saint-Laurent.

Quebec City sets housing-start records but stays under pressure until 2027; La Malbaie houses its workers in a co-op. The 2026 modular housing portrait.

Princeville and Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, two SHQ prefab winners in one region: the Centre-du-Québec is testing the housing factory. The 2026 portrait.

The SILA prefab project in Lévis, a labour shortage squeezing employers, and towns tailor-made for modular: the 2026 portrait of Chaudière-Appalaches.

72 worker housing units in Baie-Comeau, a shortage slowing Sept-Îles, 1,000 units demanded: the 2026 portrait of modular housing on the Côte-Nord.

Coaticook and Granby deliver highly prefabricated housing in 2026 while Sherbrooke rents surge. The complete picture of modular housing in Estrie.

Three of eleven SHQ prefab projects in Quebec: Gaspésie leads. Paspébiac, Grande-Vallée, Cap-Chat and the Islands' special law — the 2026 portrait.

An affordable housing shortage in Joliette, a dedicated municipal fund, no SHQ prefab winner: what modular can change in Lanaudière in 2026.

The MRC des Laurentides housing trust, 68 units in Mont-Tremblant, workforce housing: what modular construction can deliver in the region.

Havre du Renouveau, a 36-unit SHQ prefab winner, and an action plan targeting 2,000 units by 2028: the 2026 portrait of modular housing in Laval.

Trois-Rivières, once Canada's worst vacancy rate, is recovering; the Mauricie remains hardest hit by RPA closures. The 2026 modular housing portrait.

Pointe-de-Longueuil's 1,055 Maisons Canada units, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield builds, SHQ prefab next door: the 2026 portrait of the Montérégie.

Projet Acadie delivered in under 12 months, the new mayor's 20% off-market rule, rents up 7.2%: the 2026 portrait of modular housing in Montreal.

Chibougamau is rebuilding 50 public housing units, Nunavik is short 800 homes and costs three times more: what prefab can — and cannot — do there.

24 prefab units in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, 199 units at Le Champlain in Gatineau, 91 student units at UQO: the 2026 portrait of the Outaouais.

0.4% vacancy in Saint-Félicien, 0.5% in Dolbeau-Mistassini: the small towns around Lac Saint-Jean are bone dry. The 2026 modular housing portrait.

11 projects, 336 units from Quebec factories, delivery targeted for summer 2026: where the PHAQ prefab stream stands, from Lévis to Grande-Vallée.

Maisons Canada ($13B), the FACL agreement ($1.8B), the PHAQ, Quebec's budget: the map of housing billions, who gets them, and why so few doors appear.

Frozen zoning, endless variances, banned ADUs: how municipal rules hold back housing in Quebec — and the quiet revolution started by Bill 31.

17 studios, 9 family units, $10.1M, under 12 months permits included: Projet Acadie, the first building delivered under the SHQ prefab program.

From L'Isle-aux-Allumettes to Cap-Chat, 11 projects and 336 prefab units due summer 2026, then 225 more: the full map of the SHQ's bet.

242 units in Abitibi, 45 in Saint-Lazare, 222 in Quebec City, 200+ in Montreal: a tour of the affordable housing pipeline — and why it all points to 2028.

The SHQ's 500 prefab units, Projet Acadie delivered in under 12 months, $13B from Maisons Canada: Quebec is testing the housing factory. Status report.