Phase one of the city’s Modular Housing Initiative will see 100 affordable housing units ready for occupancy this fall. Phase two calls for another 150 to be completed next spring.

It’s not clear whether—or which—construction trades will be among those allowed to resume in-person activities in the first phase of a limited re-opening.

A report commissioned by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario suggests an urgent need for senior governments to support municipal counterparts.

The Construction Design Alliance of Ontario says it is concerned about the economic and labour impacts of the government’s decision to cancel two major Hamilton construction projects in a span of six months.

Three major residential construction associations have recommended 20 measures Ontario can take to reboot the province’s economy.