housing affordability

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Ontario’s government has doubled-down on rent controls, which mandate how much landlords can charge renters.


12:05PM
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B.C.’s NDP government plans to spend at least $6.6 billion over 10 years on social housing.


3:58PM
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In today's budget, B.C. NDP Finance Minister Carole James said the government’s housing plan will be “comprehensive."


9:13AM
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Metro Vancouver’s housing crunch exists primarily because there aren’t enough new homes getting built.


1:34PM
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The price of homes—like the price of anything—is determined by both demand and supply.


2:14PM
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Typically, secondary suites can be cheaper to rent than apartments.


9:50AM
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Historically low interest rates have enabled families to more than double their mortgage borrowing power since 2000.


10:56AM
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In neighbouring Burnaby, it takes only a third the time it does in Vancouver to obtain a permit.