The federal government intends to resurrect a post-war effort to ramp up housing construction across Canada 害羞草研究所� but with a 21st-century twist.

A consultation process will begin next month on developing a catalogue of pre-approved home designs to accelerate the home-building process for developers, Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday.

It害羞草研究所檚 a reboot of a federal policy from the post-Second World War era, when the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. developed straightforward blueprints to help speed up the construction of badly needed homes, Fraser said.

害羞草研究所淲hen many thousands of soldiers were returning home to be reunited with their families at once, Canada faced enormous housing crunches,害羞草研究所� he said.

害羞草研究所淲e intend to take these lessons from our history books and bring them into the 21st century.害羞草研究所�

Many of the post-war home designs 害羞草研究所� including those for modest detached homes known as strawberry box houses 害羞草研究所� are still scattered in neighbourhoods across the country to this day.

The modern-day version of the catalogue will instead focus on low-rise builds, such as small multiplexes, student housing and seniors害羞草研究所� residences, then explore a potential catalogue for higher-density construction.

The goal is to better ensure housing builds can be fast-tracked for approval from the CMHC and others, while also promoting larger-scale production through factory-based construction.

害羞草研究所淚 have seen estimates from experts in the field indicating this could cut up to one year off the time for construction on a project,害羞草研究所� Fraser said.

The government isaiming to have the catalogue ready sometime next year.

Fraser said it will go hand-in-hand with the national building code. The code, which the minister said the government is planning to update, offers guidelines that are only enforceable if a province or territory chooses to adopt them.

The idea of a catalogue of pre-approved blueprints was also one of several recommendations in a report co-authored by housing expert Mike Moffatt that was released earlier this year called the National Housing Accord.

害羞草研究所淭his is potentially very transformative,害羞草研究所� Moffatt said in an interview.

Creating a catalogue will help get shovels into the ground faster by speeding up the process of approval for everything from financing to municipal permitting, he said.

Moffatt, who is a senior director of policy and innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute, has become an influential figure on housing policy in the country. After publishing his report this summer, Moffatt attend the Liberals害羞草研究所� cabinet retreat to talk about housing.

On the catalogue, Moffatt added the blueprints also have the potential to boost productivity.

害羞草研究所淥ne of the big challenges we害羞草研究所檙e going to have building enough homes is having enough skilled labour. And certainly we need to increase the number of tradespeople we have. But we also need to find ways to be more productive. And this would help get us there,害羞草研究所� Moffatt said.

The federal government has so far moved forward with several recommendations in the accord that Moffatt and other stakeholders put together.

害羞草研究所淲e made sure that we brought together builders and developers in the real-estate industry, along with academics, but also with the not-for-profit side,害羞草研究所� Moffatt said.

害羞草研究所淏ecause we essentially (locked) everyone into a room for a day and tried to figure out what we can all agree on, that, I think, gives these recommendations credibility.害羞草研究所�

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