About this episode
Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he’s bringing back a housing idea from the Second World War that helped build over a million homes.
Could catalogues of pre-approved blueprints create more homes, faster?
What other lessons should we be taking from Canada’s post-war housing effort?
How has mass construction of ready-made designs impacted housing in other countries?
Carolyn Whitzman is a housing policy consultant and expert advisor to the Housing Assessment Resource Tools project
For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
Get every episode summarized
Each time Front Burner publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
