Howard Paskowitz, vice president of public affairs and development at Starlight Investments, Canada's largest provider of rental housing, discusses the real bottlenecks preventing new housing from getting built—particularly development charges that can make otherwise viable projects financially impossible. He walks us through Starlight's pipeline of thousands of rental units ready to go, explains why 2026 needs to be about execution and not just good intentions, and argues for the critical need for federal, provincial, and municipal governments to align.
This episode is presented in partnership with Starlight Investments.
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