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Housing takes centre stage in Toronto election
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | August 15, 2018
Fewer elected officials—not a good way for Toronto City Hall to save money
By Josef Filipowicz | August 1, 2018
Toronto City Council reduction—a distraction from greater priorities
By Josef Filipowicz | July 30, 2018
Don't lose sight of bread and butter issues in Toronto
By Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz | July 25, 2018
Vancouver—where dynamic people and stagnant governments collide
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | July 20, 2018
Ontario throne speech ignores housing affordability
By Josef Filipowicz | July 13, 2018
It’s possible to build our way to housing affordability
By Josef Filipowicz | July 11, 2018
Toronto takes small step forward with laneway houses
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | July 5, 2018
A lagging housing supply drives Ontario’s affordability woes
By Josef Filipowicz | June 8, 2018
All three major political parties ignore real solutions to Ontario’s housing crunch
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | June 1, 2018
City hall holds the key to solving housing crisis in Canadian cities
By Kenneth P. Green, Josef Filipowicz | June 1, 2018
How the Wynne government killed the economics of building new rental units
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | May 2, 2018
B.C. government wants more rental units—but will municipalities follow through?
By Josef Filipowicz | May 2, 2018
Housing affordability—a welcome addition to Ontario’s election issue agenda
By Ben Eisen, Josef Filipowicz | May 2, 2018
More power for Ontario municipalities means more responsibility to build housing
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | April 18, 2018
In Florida, they’re snowbirds—in B.C., they’re ‘speculators’
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | April 13, 2018
If the B.C. government wants to help renters, it should care about homebuilding
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | April 11, 2018
Local and provincial policies across Canada may negate latest federal rental housing plan
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | March 12, 2018
Empty Homes Tax—Vancouver City Hall barking up the wrong tree
By Josef Filipowicz | March 7, 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
B.C. budget—housing plan anything but ‘comprehensive’
By Josef Filipowicz | February 20, 2018
B.C. throne speech—government vows action on high house prices, but ignores their cause
By Josef Filipowicz | February 14, 2018
It’s time for a balanced approach to understanding home prices
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | February 8, 2018
If Toronto millennials want more density, there’s plenty of room to grow
By Josef Filipowicz | January 16, 2018
Toronto and Vancouver have plenty of room to grow up and grow more affordable
By Josef Filipowicz, Kenneth P. Green | January 9, 2018
Room to Grow: Comparing Urban Density in Canada and Abroad
By Josef Filipowicz | January 9, 2018
Three hurdles Ontario homebuilders must overcome to build new homes in a timely manner
By Josef Filipowicz | January 3, 2018
Why secondary suites matter to Calgary
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | December 21, 2017
Focus on foreign buyers overlooks source of most housing demand in Canada
By Josef Filipowicz | December 20, 2017
Regulating short-term rentals in Vancouver—a Band-Aid that ignores key driver of rental crunch
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | November 30, 2017
Filtering—how markets, not national strategies, make housing affordable
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | November 28, 2017
City of Vancouver (finally) acknowledges importance of housing supply
By Josef Filipowicz | November 24, 2017
Trudeau government’s new housing benefit seems to ignore regional differences
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | November 22, 2017
Metro areas with more competing cities are more economically free
By Josef Filipowicz | November 14, 2017
Queen’s Park and Toronto City Hall put the squeeze on renters
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | November 10, 2017
Dear Montreal, don’t lose your housing advantage
By Josef Filipowicz | November 2, 2017
How the next Calgary City Council can boost the housing supply and increase affordability
By Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz | October 30, 2017
Amazon HQ2—you can grow Vancouver’s economy without making housing less affordable
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | October 6, 2017
There’s a right way and a wrong way to attract businesses to your city
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | September 28, 2017
Canadians can access much bigger mortgages today compared to 15 years ago
By Josef Filipowicz | September 8, 2017
Advice for Toronto’s next chief planner—give Torontonians housing options
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | August 30, 2017
Ontario housing measures—short-term gain for long-term pain?
By Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz | August 28, 2017
Falling interest rates—an often-overlooked contributor to rising home prices
By Niels Veldhuis, Josef Filipowicz | August 17, 2017
Interest Rates and Mortgage Borrowing Power in Canada
By Josef Filipowicz, Jason Clemens | August 17, 2017
Vancouver plan to boost housing supply ignores city hall red tape
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | July 31, 2017
By targeting foreign buyers, Queen’s Park misses the point
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | July 31, 2017
B.C. throne speech acknowledges importance of housing supply on affordability
By Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz | June 23, 2017
How an NDP-Green government can free up B.C.’s housing supply
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | June 13, 2017
Ontario’s double-squeeze on new homes
By Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz | May 17, 2017
To encourage more housing, Lower Mainland municipalities should shorten timelines and cut costs
By Kenneth P. Green, Josef Filipowicz | May 4, 2017