Canada’s housing minister updates timeline on housing design catalogue [Video]

The first iteration of the federal government’s standardized pre-approved design catalogue – a revival of a wartime housing effort – will be unveiled in December, CTV News has learned.

Promised as an initiative aimed at speeding up construction, the government will be rolling out a series of standardized construction designs including modular and prefabricated homes.

Canada’s housing minister will be announcing Monday that the first batch is set to include “up to 50 conceptual housing designs” that the Liberals have commissioned.

They will include row housing, fourplexes, sixplexes, and accessory dwelling units.

According to the government, the first version of the catalogue will include floor plans, drawings, and “basic information about each of the proposed designs.”

Permit-ready and regional building code-compliant design packages won’t be available until early 2025.

The design packages will include the necessary specifications and documents related to the construction, as well as estimated costs of building …