The Honourable Alfonso Gagliano, Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced today that bridge financing of up to $75 million over three years will be offered to the British Columbia government for its Reconstruction Fund. This Fund is being created in response to the recommendations of the Barrett Commission report on The Renewal of Trust in Residential Construction.

The commission of enquiry was created under the authority of the Government of British Columbia to examine the quality of residential construction in British Columbia with a particular focus on the leaky condo issue.

• BC leaky condos : federal aidto leaky condo owner
• building: condo / condominium

1. A Better Way to Renovate
2. A Comparison of Canadian and German Building Methods, Codes and Standards for Wood-Frame Construction
3. Before You Renovate
4. Building failures study
5. CMHC research project - testing of air barriers construction details
6. CMHC's Best Practice Guides
7. Drying characteristics in tibmer frame walls of low-rise residential housing
8. Habitat II report
9. Housing market intelligence study of Japan
10. Moisture and Air: Problems and Remedies. A Householder's Guide Renovator's Technical Guide
11. Review of hygrothermal models for building envelope retrofit analys
12. Solving persistent moisture problems and moisture damage
13. Study of factory-built housing market opportunities in south eastern USA
14. Testing rainscreen wall and window systems: the cavity excitation method
15. The Northern Sustainable House: An Innovative Design Process