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1. Ford government thwarts development during housing crisis in the GTA

   There are 360 homes for every 1,000 GTA residents—well below the Canadian average. ...

2. Red tape—not greedy companies—drives Canada’s housing crisis

   A recent report showed that Canada has fewer housing units per capita than any other G7 country. ...

3. Horgan home subsidies won’t make Metro Vancouver more affordable

   Vancouver is among the most unaffordable cities in the world. ...

4. Post-COVID housing squeeze will hurt lower-income residents

   In the Greater Toronto Area, the detached housing market is hot while the market for apartments and condos is not. ...

5. Empty house tax fails to meaningfully increase housing availability in Vancouver

   The Agricultural Land Reserve accounts for 22 per cent of the land in Metro Vancouver. ...

6. Condo booms still aren’t enough to satisfy housing demand

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 21, 2020 Here’s an interesting fact. Before the pandemic—specifically, between 2015 and 2019— Toronto and Vancouver accounted for 44.2 per cent of all net new jobs in Canada. That’s some massive job creation. One would ...

7. U.S. cities increase affordability while housing costs rise in Canada’s major centres

   In some Canadian cities, housing costs grew more than 50 per cent faster than incomes. ...

8. Lessons on land-use regulations from the 2008-09 recession

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, April 8, 2020 Canadians have become accustomed to robust home-price appreciation in recent years, notably in southern regions of Ontario and British Columbia. Things look far less certain these days, thanks largely to the ...

9. Two proposed projects—one in Ontario, one in B.C.—throw renters a lifeline

   In the greater Toronto and Vancouver areas, rents keep rising and rental vacancies remain low. ...

10. After three years of squeezing demand, governments should target housing supply

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, July 30, 2019 Three years ago this month, the British Columbia government dramatically increased the property transfer tax rate paid by foreign nationals and corporations purchasing residential real estate in Metro ...