The price of housing, like anything else, is determined by supply and demand.
rent control
Mars 22, 2017
10:06AM
Once prices aren’t allowed to increase to meet demand, people face strong disincentives to build new units.
Mai 30, 2015
9:00AM
Rent control has been a disaster wherever it’s been tried. But this never stops politicians from suggesting it.
Novembre 1, 2014
6:00AM
When I first came to Alberta a quarter-century ago, vacancy rates in Calgary and Edmonton exceeded 10 per cent. In Edmonton, where I lived in 1988, landlords often gave one month free on an already cheap 12-month lease. Sometimes utilities and cable were included.