Construction crews work on a three dwelling infill row house with three secondary suites at 7323 81 Avenue, in Edmonton Tuesday August. 19, 2025. Photo by David Bloom

The federal government, along with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), released its design catalogue for standardized homes meant to ease Canada’s housing crisis.

Featuring 50 ready-to-use designs – including multiplexes, row houses and laneway homes that are aimed at fitting into existing neighbourhoods – the plans are meant to get more projects off the ground by cutting down on planning and red tape.

“They’re a head start for homeowners, builders, municipalities,” Daniel Rubinstein, adviser of client solutions at the CMHC, said in a video announcing the catalogue. “They allow them to skip most of the

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