Ana Bailão, chief executive of Build Canada Homes, greeting Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sept. 14. Photo by Ashley Fraser/Postmedia files

Ana Bailão, chief executive of Build Canada Homes, unveiled the federal agency’s new proposal portal for housing projects during a keynote address at the Empire Club in Toronto on Thursday.

“For decades, we’ve talked about housing as a challenge and now today, we know it’s more than that. It’s a test of who we are as a nation,” said Bailão during her talk about Prime Minister Mark Carney ’s housing initiative. “Across the country, families are being squeezed by rising rents , young people are leaving cities they love, communities are struggling to keep pace with demand.”

Build Canada Homes is a new federal agency focused on non-market housi

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