The fascinating history behind the 'strawberry box' houses that shaped Toronto Toronto TorontoHomes TorontoHistory
It may seem unimaginable amid Toronto's cutthroat 21st-century real estate market, but there was a time in the not-too-distant past when single-family suburban homes were built en masse with government funding and rented out for cheap to Canadians.
More than one million would return from abroad in 1945, a decent share of Canada's then population of 12 million, and the government was well-aware that housing would be an urgent need for returning troops. The government wouldn't know it at the time , but this timing would give the WHC and builders a few years head-start ahead of returning troops.
From its peak in 1946 to the end of the strawberry box era in 1960, over one million of these modest little homes were built nationwide, establishing a now-ubiquitous look in suburban areas nationwide, including those surrounding pre-amalgamation Toronto. Victory homes built during wartime were initially offered as rentals at unbelievably low rates, between $22 and $30 per month. A few generations of inflation later, these 1945 prices would equal a still-cheap range of $375.91 to $512.61 monthly in 2023. Tenants were later offered the option to purchase the homes from the CMHC for sums as low as $6,000
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