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1. Groundhog Day in the Golden State—how plans to boost affordability in California keep failing

   The situation in California has important implications for Canada’s least-affordable cities including Vancouver and Toronto. ...

2. Land-use regulation in “superstar” U.S. cities—same old sad story

   The key to understanding housing affordability woes in our most expensive cities is understanding the extent that local regulatory environments hamper the construction of new homes. To do this, however, one must first measure local ...

3. Homebuyer plan unlikely to work, for at least two reasons

   The federal government recently launched its First-Time Home Buyer Incentive, which offers a contribution (up to 10 per cent of the price of a first home) for households earning up to $120,000, in exchange for a stake in the home’s equity ...

4. Fewer vacancies bad news for Montreal renters

   Average rents grew by 2.5 per cent, amounting to about $30 more per month. ...

5. Ford must back up housing rhetoric with concrete policies

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, January 3, 2019 As a new year approaches, the Ford government recently vowed to tackle housing affordability by growing the housing supply and asking the public for input on how to reduce regulatory barriers to homebuilding. As ...

6. Scrapping Robertson's duplex plan will do nothing to make Vancouver more affordable

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, December 11, 2018 On the campaign trail, every member of Vancouver’s newly-minted city council promised to tackle housing affordability in Canada’s most expensive city. It’s curious, therefore, that later this month ...

7. Ontario takes important step towards rental affordability

   The Ford government today tabled its first fiscal update, giving Ontarians a glimpse of its direction in major areas of public policy. Of interest to Ontarians struggling to afford and/or attain rental housing, the update eliminated rent ...

8. Rather than help all renters, B.C. government picks a lucky few

   The Horgan government recently announced plans to spend $492 million on the provision of 4,900 subsidized rental units in British Columbia over the next two to three years. There’s a clear need for units with below-market rents, and this ...

9. Here’s how Mayor Tory can deliver on housing

   Mayor John Tory received a huge vote of confidence Monday, receiving 63.5 per cent of the vote in Toronto’s municipal election, eclipsing the next most popular candidate by more than two-to-one. On one hand, this can be interpreted as an ...

10. Three 'housing' priorities for Vancouver’s new mayor and city council

    Mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart wants to reach 85,000 new housing units over 10 years. ...