{"id":84,"date":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","slug":"small-scale-infill-expands-canadas-housing-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/07\/small-scale-infill-expands-canadas-housing-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Small-Scale Infill Expands Canada&#8217;s Housing Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/ravi-chadha\/small-scale-housing-remotion-videos-5682\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Small-scale infill had been taking a larger role in housing starts, even though larger developments still delivered most new construction across established neighborhoods.<br \/>\nZoning changes allowing more homes on existing lots suggested supply could shift upward, especially where infill rules became more permissive within established neighborhoods.<br \/>\nThe broader housing pattern showed more building on previously developed land, with new construction becoming denser and ground-oriented homes representing a smaller share.<br \/>\nRecent policy changes helped enable more missing middle housing, but project momentum still depended on fees, approval timelines, building rules, and financing.<br \/>\nSmall-scale infill emerged as an important source of ground-oriented homes, while its longer-term growth still hinged on whether projects remained financially viable.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small-scale infill had been taking a larger role in housing starts, even though larger developments still delivered most new construction across established neighborhoods. Zoning changes allowing more homes on existing lots suggested supply could shift upward, especially where infill rules became more permissive within established neighborhoods. The broader housing pattern showed more building on previously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}