1. What was the number of housing starts and the number of housing completions in 1967?

2. How many of the starts were (a) single-detached houses (b) semi-detached houses (c) duplexes, row houses and apartments?

3. How many of the completions were (a) singledetached houses (b) semi-detached houses (c) duplexes, row houses and apartments?

Hon. E. J. Benson (President of the Treasury Board):

1, 2 and 3. The table following provides data on housing starts and completions, by type of structure, for 1967.

Dwelling Starts and Completions, by Type of Structure,

Canada, 1967 (Dwelling Units)

Type of Structure Starts

Single-detached 72,534

Semi-detached and

duplex 9,939

Row 7,392

Apartment 74,258

Total 164,123

Completions

73,631

9,089

5,431

61,091

149,242

1. (a) Of apartment structures (six or more dwelling units) completed in 1967, how many were financed under NHA (b) what was the cost per unit (c) what was the income classification of the tenants occupying such units?

2. (a) What is the vacancy rate in apartment structures (six or more dwelling units) in Canada's 18 largest cities for each month in 1967 (b) what is the vacancy rate for single-family dwellings, duplexes and apartments with less than six dwelling units in the 18 largest cities in Canada in each month in 1967?

Hon. E. J. Benson (President of the Treasury Board):

1. (a) The data for 1967 are not

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yet available, (b) The data for 1967 are not yet available, (c) The data on the income classification of tenants occupying apartment structures financed under the N.H.A. are not available.

2. (a) The corporation conducts a vacancy survey of apartment structures of six or more dwelling units in 11 metropolitan areas in June of each year. The table following gives the results of this survey for June, 1967 for both publicly initiated and privately

initiated structures. Data for other large

cities, and on a monthly basis, are not

available.

Vacancy Rates in Apartment Structures

of Six Units or More

June, 1967 (Per Cent)

Metropolitan Area Vacancy Rate

Calgary 1.8

Edmonton 2.3

Halifax 2.5

Hamilton 1.4

Montreal 1.2

Ottawa-Hull 1.9

Quebec 2.2

Toronto 1.1

Vancouver 1.0

Windsor 1.0

Winnipeg 1.5

(b) The data are not available.

1. (a) How many requests were made for NHA financed apartment units in 1967 (b) how many were approved (c) how many of those approved were low-rental units (d) of those not approved what were the main reasons for not granting such approval?

2. (a) How many requests for NHA public housing programs in (i) each province (ii) each of the 18 largest cities, were received (b) how many, if any, were refused (c) what were the chief reasons for any such refusals?

Hon. E. J. Benson (President of fhe Treasury Board):

1 (a) Formal requests in the form of applications for undertakings to insure, or applications for direct C.M.H.C. loans, or applications for federal assistance under section 35A of the National Housing Act were received for 36,974 rental dwelling units in 1967. (b) Loans and investments were approved for 35,460 rental dwelling units, (c)

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Of the rental dwellings for which federal assistance was approved, 9,848 dwelling units were low rental, financed under sections 16A, 35A and 35D of the National Housing Act. (d) The corporation has not refused assistance for any rental application for which a formal request has been received, though in some cases the applicant has decided not to proceed further. Prior to the submission of formal requests, discussions may take place between a potential applicant and Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. If in the course of these discussions the corporation found that a tentative proposal was ineligible, or unacceptable for other reasons, the prospective applicant would be so advised and would not therefore be likely to submit a formal request

for assistance. Records of these discussions, which vary widely in their nature, are not maintained.

2. (a) (b) and (c) Data on formal requests received for assistance under N.H.A. public housing programs are maintained only on the basis of C.M.H.C. field office areas. For the reasons noted in 1(d) above, however, data on these formal requests would differ from data on assistance actually approved only in timing or where the applicant decided not to proceed. So far as assistance under public housing programs is concerned, any eligible application has not been refused. Data on assistance approved under sections 16A, 35A, 35D and 36B are shown in the following table.

PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMS APPROVED UNDER THE NHA BY PROVINCE AND METROPOLITAN AREA, 196711]

Area Federal Provincial Rental Housing and Public Housing Projects Under Sections 35A and 35D Non-Profit Corporations Under Section 16A Student Housing Projects Under Section 36B Dwelling Units Hostel Beds Dwelling Units Hostel Beds Dwelling Units Hostel Beds New Existing New Existing New Existing New Existing New Existing New ExistingNewfoundland 328 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 93 _Prince Edward Island - - - - 24 - - 153 Nova Scotia 103 - - 716 New Brunswick - - - - - - 209 - - - 152 -Quebec - - - - 224 2 1,161 107 - - 725 -Ontario 6,787 400 - - 434 - 930 - 1,176 28 4,065 26Manitoba - - - - 168 - 383 - 11 - 188 100Saskatchewan 258 - - - 12 5 321 22 24 - 99 91Alberta 20 - - - 1 - 20 - - - 600 -British Columbia 790 50 - - 241 1 559 64 275 - 269 57Yukon Territory - - - - - - - - - - - -Northwest Territories - - - - - - - - - - - -Canada 8,286 450 - - 1,104 8 3,583 193 1,486 28 7,120 274Metropolitan Areas: Calgary - - - - - - - - - - - -Edmonton - - - - - - - - - - 660 -Halifax 25 - - - - - - - - - 132 -Hamilton 739 - - - 82 - 123 - - - - -Kitchener 94 - - - - - - - 64 - 276 -London 322 - - - - - - - 399 - 1,204 -Montreal - - - - 105 - 396 - - - 735 -Ottawa-Hull 175 - - - - - - - - -Quebec - - - - - - - - - - - -Regina - - - - - - 115 - 24 - - 91Saint John - - - - - - - - - - - -St. John's - - - - - - - - - - 93 -Saskatoon 30 - - - - - - - - - 75 -Sudbury 82 - - - - - - - - - - -Toronto 3,956 384 - - 257 - 572 - 713 - 584 -Vancouver 790 - - - 130 - 499 10 275 - 131 57Victoria - 50 - - 38 - - - - - - -Windsor - - - - - - - - - - - -Winnipeg - - - - 26 - 200 - 11 - 3 100Total Metropolitan Areas. 6,213 434 - - 638 - 1,905 10 1,486 - 3,883 248

I1] There was no activity under Section 16 in 1967.

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1. (a) What was the average estimated land cost tor new bungalows financed under NHA for 1967 in each province and in each of Canada's 18 major cities (b) what was the percentage change over 1965, 1963 and 1960 in each instance?

2. (a) What were the serviced land costs in the metropolitan areas of Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa-Hull, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg and Vancouver in 1967 (b) what were the percentage increases between (i) 1965 and 1967 (ii) 1960 and 1967?

Hon. E. J. Benson (President of the Treasury Board):

1 (a) and (b) The table following provides data on the average land costs for new bungalows financed under the National Housing Act, by corporation field offices, for 1967. The data are not available by province nor for each of the major cities.

2 (a) and (b) The data for 1967 are not yet available.

1. What was the average cost of new bungalows financed under NHA in 1967 in Canada's 18 major cities?

2. What was the percentage increase over the previous year in each of these cities?

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Hon. E. J. Benson (President of the Treasury Board):

1 and 2. The table following provides data on the estimated costs of new bungalows financed under the National Housing Act in 1967, by corporation field offices. The data are not available for the 18 major cities.