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Foreign Home Ownership Ban

Unlocking $20 billion in new financing to build 30,000 more rental apartments per year by increasing the annual limit for Canada Mortgage Bonds from $40 billion to up to $60 billion;.

Department of Finance Canada announced two-year extension to ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing.

The new Tax-Free First Home Savings Account, which is a registered savings account that allows Canadians to contribute up to $8,000 per year (up to a lifetime limit of $40,000) for their first down payment; and,.

Over $40 billion through the Apartment Construction Loan Program, which is providing low-cost financing to support more than 101,000 new rental homes across Canada by 2031-32;.

Allocating nearly $4 billion towards the government's goal of ending chronic homelessness, through Reaching Home, Canada's Homelessness Strategy.

For buyers and owners, mortgage rules, tax relief, and eligibility conditions can change down-payment pressure or carrying costs.

Over $14 billion through the Affordable Housing Fund to build 60,000 new affordable homes and repair 240,000 homes;.

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