The housing industry
Subtitle: perspective and prospective
By: prepared by Clayton Research Associates and Scanada Consultants.
Contributors: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.; Clayton Research Associates.; Scanada Consultants Limited.
Publisher: Public Affairs Centre, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Housing -- Canada; House construction -- Canada -- History; House construction -- Canada; Housing -- Canada -- History; Apartment houses -- Canada; Housing forecasting -- Canada; Housing policy -- Canada; Housing, Single family -- Canada; Public housing -- Canada; Real estate development -- Canada
Other titles: Changing housing industry in Canada, 1946-2001 : summary report; Evolution of the housing industry in Canada, 1946-1986; Evolution of the housing production process, 1946-1986; Housing industry and change; Housing industry and the economy in Canada, 1946-1986; Housing industry in the future; Summary report : the changing housing industry in Canada, 1946-2001
Description: Canadians have become one of the best-housed people in the world. A number of interrelated factors have contributed to this enviable record. One of the most significant has been the evolution of a capable and mature housing industry. Notwithstanding this record of accomplishment, relatively little information exists on the producers of housing in Canada. The circumstances facing the housing industry today are changing dramatically, and the need has become evident for a clearer view of the industry, its evolution over the postwar period, the ways in which it adapted to change and ways in which it might adapt in the future. This study addresses these concerns. It consists of a summaryreport and five working papers. Working paper one, The Evolution of the Housing Industry in Canada, 1946-1986, examines the characteristics of the housing industry in the mid-1980s, how these differ from the industry ....
Notes: Vols. 1-5 called "working paper" one to five.

On cover: CMHC, SCHL.

"NHA 6193, 6195, 6197, 6199, 6201, 6120."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in French.

Vol. 6 numbering supplied by this library.
Table of contents: title: 1. The evolution of the housing industry in Canada, 1946-1986; title: 2. The evolution of the housing production process, 1946-1986; title: 3. The housing industry and the economy in Canada, 1946-1986; title: 4. The housing industry and change; title: 5. The housing industry in the future; title: 6. Summary report : the changing housing industry in Canada, 1946-2001