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housing demand Commentary Archive

Prosperity waning due to Ottawa’s misguided population growth policy
By Jock Finlayson | January 31, 2024
Rate of population growth dwarfs new housing completions in Saskatchewan
By Josef Filipowicz, Tegan Hill | January 18, 2024
Homebuyers and renters vastly outpacing number of homes in P.E.I.
By Josef Filipowicz, Alex Whalen | January 17, 2024
B.C. government’s attempt to reduce cash-for-density deals may fall short
By Josef Filipowicz | January 8, 2024
Growing gap between housing supply and demand threatens affordability in Quebec
By Josef Filipowicz | December 11, 2023
Manitoba’s gap between homebuilding and population growth widest in 40 years
By Steve Lafleur | November 27, 2023
Ontario’s pace of homebuilding lags far behind population growth
By Jake Fuss, Steve Lafleur | October 22, 2023
Number of homebuyers and renters vastly outpacing number of available homes in Alberta
By Josef Filipowicz, Tegan Hill | October 16, 2023
Canada’s gap between homebuilding and population growth has never been wider
By Josef Filipowicz | October 13, 2023
Ottawa poised to exacerbate housing crisis with new ‘energy efficiency’ plan
By Ross McKitrick | September 12, 2023
Homeownership critical to solving Indigenous housing crisis
By Dominique Collin, Lawrence Schembri, Jean Vincent | August 11, 2023
Canadian cities are getting denser—but mostly in handful of neighbourhoods
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | July 6, 2023
Rent control wrong answer for Calgary’s rental woes
By Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz | April 13, 2023
Overdue plans for housing require action in 2023
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | January 3, 2023
‘Inclusionary zoning’ will reinforce Toronto’s exclusionary zoning policies
By Steve Lafleur | November 25, 2021
Post-COVID housing squeeze will hurt lower-income residents
By Steve Lafleur | May 17, 2021
Empty house tax fails to meaningfully increase housing availability in Vancouver
By Steve Lafleur | February 9, 2021
Housing affordability will continue to decline absent basic reforms
By Steve Lafleur | November 25, 2020
Condo booms still aren’t enough to satisfy housing demand
By Steve Lafleur | October 22, 2020
Two proposed projects—one in Ontario, one in B.C.—throw renters a lifeline
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | March 16, 2020
All three major political parties ignore real solutions to Ontario’s housing crunch
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | June 1, 2018
Housing affordability—a welcome addition to Ontario’s election issue agenda
By Ben Eisen, Josef Filipowicz | May 2, 2018
Instead of ‘affordable housing’ for some, the B.C. government should target housing affordability for all
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | March 6, 2018