NEWS

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cmhc 0.2.12 (2026-07-21)

Minor changes

• remove dependency on the aws.s3 package, geographic data is now downloaded directly over HTTPS
• remove a stale hardcoded session cookie from data requests
• fix a broken error message for invalid named geo_uid values
• clarify the refresh argument documentation in get_cmhc()
• silence a spurious many-to-many join warning when building the table list
• memoize the (static) table registry so it is only assembled once per session
• add timeouts to all requests to the CMHC and geography servers
• add a testthat test suite covering the parsing and geography helpers

cmhc 0.2.11

Minor changes

• enable data access to SAAR tables
• more informative error messages when data is not available
• code cleaning to adhere to tidyselect updates
• conveninence function to probe for available time periods for tables

cmhc 0.2.10 (2025-02-04)

Minor changes

• enable data access to more tables

cmhc 0.2.9 (2024-11-05)

Minor changes

• adapt to changes to CMHC interface
• intelligent guessing of frequencies for data series retrieval based on temporal arguments supplied

cmhc 0.2.8 (2024-07-12)

• expand tables
• improve handling for national level data
• update to new CMHC internal METCODES

cmhc 0.2.7 (2023-12-13)

• add CMHC lookup table for met codes

cmhc 0.2.6 (2023-10-06)

• add tables
• adjust to changes with CMHC portal that require MetId to be specified (only partial fix at this point)
• fix link to CMHC terms of use that moved

cmhc 0.2.5 (2023-04-02)

• conditional check of vignettes to account for CMHC server issues

cmhc 0.2.4 (2023-01-20)

• fixes an issue with "Rent Ranges" dimension not properly parsing (Thanks Maxime Bélanger De Blois!)
• add access to secondary market tables
• fix table codes for absorbed units
• improved query builder tool

cmhc 0.2.3 (2022-10-10)

• fix more table sanfu for Scss by intended market
• add query builder helper function
• add access to census and core housing need tables

cmhc 0.2.2

• fix table snafu for Scss by intended market
• add vignette for rental universe

cmhc 0.2.1 (2022-09-09)

• rename functions to set and show cache path to avoid conflicts with other packages
• add functionality for additional tables

cmhc 0.2.0 (2022-06-15)

• Initial CRAN release, reworked workflows for a simpler way to access CMHC data tables.