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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

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