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New Homes and Red Tape in Alberta: Residential Land-Use Regulation in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor
As an increasing number of people move to major Canadian cities, housing prices have continued to rise in its most desirable markets. Understanding how public policy affects the supply of new homes is critical. The Fraser Institute’s survey of housing ...
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New Homes and Red Tape in Ontario: Residential Land-Use Regulation in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
As an increasing number of people move to major Canadian cities, housing prices have continued to rise in its most desirable markets. With growing concern about housing availablility and prices, understanding how public policy affects the supply of new ...
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Local governments in GTA have tools to increase housing supply, affordability
In response to Toronto’s rapidly rising home prices, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently announced the assembly of a working group of experts from all levels of government, aimed at taking a “deep dive” into the housing ...
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Local regulations limit Metro Vancouver housing supply, stifle affordability
Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, July 8, 2016 Vancouver might have the best scenery of Canada’s metropolises, but its real claim to fame is sky-high housing prices, which have risen 86 per cent over the last decade. Common explanations for this relentless ...
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Removing barriers to housing construction crucial to affordability in Calgary and beyond
Appeared in the Calgary Herald, July 8, 2016 Growth in Calgary’s housing market recently slowed alongside oil prices, but today’s snapshot belies the significant increases in housing prices over the past two decades. In fact, Calgary homes (houses, condos ...
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Cutting local red tape will increase housing stock and reduce prices in Toronto, Vancouver and beyond
Appeared in the Financial Post, July 8, 2016 House prices have grown substantially in recent years, especially in Canada’s biggest cities. Many Canadians are concerned about this trend, and a number of solutions have been proposed. However, many of these ...
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B.C. municipalities should reduce barriers to housing construction, not foreign ownership
British Columbia’s provincial government has begun releasing long-awaited data on foreign nationals purchasing real estate in B.C. While this topic has gained much attention as a possible source of housing price inflation, the government ...
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The Impact of Land-Use Regulation on Housing Supply in Canada
As Canadians continue to converge on urban centres and concerns about the affordability of housing grow, it is crucial to understand why the country’s major housing markets have seen such dramatic growth in prices. This study presents evidence that the ...
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High electricity prices putting rural Ontario in energy poverty
Ontario’s dramatic electricity price increases garnered national attention recently when a report last week on “Global National” highlighted how energy poverty is a growing concern for rural Ontarians. According to the report, even small ...
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City of Houston provides affordable housing example for Vancouver
Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, May 6, 2016 A recent Wall Street Journal article featured a number of cities that stand out, giving well-deserved praise to Vancouver’s walkable urban landscape. But while Vancouver continues to become even more pedestrian ...