FeaturesThe 2011 Canadian Housing Observer — Just released!
The Observer is CMHC's annual flagship publication that provides comprehensive insight into Canada's housing market and is a key resource for Canada's housing experts, including housing finance and real estate professionals, policy makers, researchers, educators and builders. This year's feature article is on Housing Finance. The chapters include: The analysis contained in the Observer is complemented by a broad range of online detailed data tables that provide information on all of Canada's major housing markets, analytic reports, and CMHC's Housing in Canada Online (HiCO) tool. New this year is the launch of additional online interactive tables featuring housing data at the local level for more than 100 selected municipalities. Research Highlight2006 Census Housing Series: Issue 14 — The Housing Conditions of Visible Minority Households
Using data from the 2006 Census, this Highlight profiles visible minority households across Canada. The Highlight describes household growth, urbanization and examines characteristics such as tenure, household type and incomes. Also included are information on housing conditions and core housing need for each visible minority group identified through the Census. About Your HouseChoosing a Dehumidifier
Dehumidifiers are used to remove moisture from indoor air. They address moisture problems such as window condensation and comfort problems associated with high relative humidity. Dehumidifiers also help keep damp basements dry. This About Your House provides information to help you decide if you need a dehumidifier and how to choose one that meets your needs. It includes advice on how to measure humidity and details on how various types of dehumidifiers, from heat-pump dehumidifiers to dehumidifying ventilators, work. CMHC at LargeHarmony House — an EQuilibrium™ Housing Project
The Government of Canada announced the official opening and demonstration phase launch for Harmony House, an energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly home in Burnaby, British Columbia, as part of CMHC's EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstrative Initiative. Harmony House is the second of two EQuilibrium™ Housing demonstration homes to be constructed and opened for public and industry tours in British Columbia, and the eleventh EQuilibrium™ Housing project opened across Canada. National Housing Research Committee (NHRC)
The NHRC Fall 2011 Newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive a hard copy of the newsletter, please call 1-800-668-2642. Research Highlights — RSS Feeds
Keep up to date by subscribing to our RSS feeds. RSS feeds allow you to access the content that you want, the way you want. What is RSS? Affordability and Choice Today (ACT)
A Compendium of ACT Solutions to Improve Housing Affordability and Choice contains a cross-section of project summaries of the most innovative ACT-funded solutions. It outlines the issues addressed, the changes implemented and the results. It is not intended to be an exhaustive review of all ACT-funded solutions. The objective, rather, is to highlight those projects which have the greatest potential to be widely replicated. Events and Items of Interest2012 Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show
February 8 to 10, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario Green Building Conference
March 2 to 3, 2012
Kimberley, British Columbia
This conference explores the latest advancements in energy efficiency, renewable energy, greening of the building code, net zero energy homes and more, including a focused stream of workshops targeted to provide professional development for the building industry. 2012 National Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) Conference
March 16 to 18, 2012
Mont Tremblant, Quebec Find out what is new and upcoming with CMHC, visit our Events Calendar. To find out what is going on in the industry, see the list of other Housing-Related Events and Conferences. | 
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