{
  "id": 14980202,
  "title": "Housing starts stall as CMHC warns affordability gains at risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/housing-starts-stall-as-cmhc-warns-affordability-gains-at-risk",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T15:11:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/news/national/housing-starts-stall-cmhc-affordability-gains-at-risk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "\"A key risk for Canada now is not building enough during this period of softening housing markets across the country,\" said CMHC economist Aled ab Iorwerth",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in September up from August",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/cmhc-reports-annual-pace-of-housing-starts-in-september-up-from-august",
        "published": "2026-10-16T13:24:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}