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Canadian landlords are able negotiate from a position of structural dominance as tenants confront systemic harms — rent hikes, unsafe conditions and evictions — all on their own.
But in recent years, Vienna has become renowned among housing experts for its model of social housing, which provides heavily ...
A recent government report from the Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp. (CMHC) indicates that even a doubling of homebuilding activity in Canada would only restore housing affordability to levels seen ...
Fixing Canada’s housing issues requires a multifaceted strategy beyond funding innovative construction technology. A holistic solution must include policy reforms.
The housing problem, which many in Canada describe as a full-blown crisis, is a top concern for voters heading to the polls on April 28 to cast ballots in national elections.
The housing market has undergone a significant correction across multiple measures. Nominal house prices have dropped 17% ...
Canada’s Housing Crisis Is a Feature, Not a Bug How two neo-liberal beliefs upended affordability. And what to do to fix it. Yushu Zhu and Hanan Ali 1 Nov 2024 The Conversation.
The country’s intractable housing crisis is leading Canadians to have fewer children. ... Between 1980 and 2020, housing prices in Canada rose by 746 per cent, ...
Canada's housing starts stuck at 1970s levels, while population growth has tripled, study finds. Local factors are a big part of why the supply of housing hasn't kept pace with population growth.
Douglas Todd: Canada’s distorted housing market calls for more than ‘cranes on the skyline,’ given that investors now own one in three homes. There are other ways.
Carney’s Build Canada Homes plan calls for the Canadian government to become an actual builder of affordable housing—a strategy that the U.S. mostly abandoned in the 1970s—as well as provide ...
During Canada’s last housing crash in the early 1990s, a two-year recession contributed to employment hitting 11.3% in 1992. During the crash that hit the U.S. market, the unemployment rate rose ...