Multi-residential
Modular Construction for Developers: Cost per Door, Timelines, and Profitability
Cost per door, lease-up speed, CMHC financing, risks, and due diligence: an honest look at modular for Quebec developers.
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cmhc
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Articles
Non-profit
Funding an Affordable Modular Housing Project in Quebec: The Programs in 2026
PHAQ, FACL, Maisons Canada, CMHC APH Select: which programs fund an affordable modular housing project in Quebec in 2026, and for which sponsor.
Non-profit
Modular Construction and Quebec's Housing Crisis
Housing deficit, rising rents: what modular construction can realistically deliver against Quebec's housing crisis. Sourced figures.
Non-profit
Montréal Housing Starts: Rentals Crush Everything, and Factories Are Built for That
CMHC's spring 2026 report: about 25,200 Montréal housing starts in 2025, over 80% rental, condos at a floor. What it says about prefab's role.
Non-profit
Quebec Rents in 2026: Increases Are Slowing, Affordability Is Not Coming Back
Average rent at $1,232, up 10.1% in a year and 62% since 2018: where Quebec rents really stand in 2026, and why slower increases are not a return to affordability.
Residential
Prefab Plus: CMHC Finally Has a Product Built for Factory-Made Homes
Since May 2026, CMHC's Prefab Plus insures the purchase of a prefabricated home with 5% down and up to four staged advances. What changes, and what doesn't.
Non-profit
The Housing Crisis Explained to Your Skeptical Brother-in-Law
Vacancy rates, an 860,000-unit deficit, rising rents: the housing crisis summed up for the family dinner, with verified figures to back you up.
Fundamentals
5 Numbers That Sum Up the Housing Crisis in 2026
1.3% affordable vacancy in Montreal, +7.2% rent, 860,000 missing homes, a pace to quadruple, 566 factory units: the crisis in five verified numbers.