Canada has launched a new federal agency, Build Canada Homes, with CAD$13 billion (AUD$14.32 billion) to fast-track thousands of “deeply affordable” homes using factory-built and advanced modular methods on public land.

It’s not another grant program; it’s a delivery arm that can assemble land, finance and builders under one roof, then approve large projects in bulk.

On Ottawa’s own pages, the model is refreshingly clear.

Build Canada Homes will develop homes on federal land through repeatable designs, provide predictable, low-cost finance so projects move without stop-start politics, and catalyse the factory-built housing industry by creating steady demand.

The agency is being incubated inside the Housing, Infrastructure and Communities department, with a plan to stand it up as a sepa

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