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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. Vancouver’s latest policy on rental development—big bang, or more timid tinkering?

   The more floors allowed in new projects, the more feasible they become. ...

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. Edmonton should eliminate minimum parking requirements—other cities should follow suit

   Mandating parking can leave less room for housing. ...

5. Ontario government proposals could boost housing supply, increase affordability

   The Ford government recently announced the broad strokes of its “ housing supply action plan ” aimed at getting a greater number and variety of much-needed homes built in Ontario’s least affordable communities. Though it’s unclear how the ...

6. If millennials have no money, how can house prices be high?

   As I was driving to the federal budget lockup in Ottawa Tuesday morning, CBC’s The Current was running a discussion of the problems millennials are having “trying to get a foot on the property ladder.” The news hook was that, judging by ...

7. Trudeau housing plan ignores local drivers of affordability

   Tuesday’s federal budget committed to “help make homeownership more affordable for first-time home buyers,” notably through “shared equity mortgages” aimed at lowering monthly mortgage payments, and increasing the amount first-time buyers ...

8. Feds should not get more involved in housing markets

   Average home prices are up almost 60 per cent in the GTA and 70 per cent in Metro Vancouver. ...

9. Another budget, another missed opportunity to tackle B.C.'s housing shortage

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, February 25, 2019 With last week’s budget, the Horgan government had another opportunity to increase housing affordability—a perennial concern now embedded in British Columbia’s landscape. Governments come, governments go, ...

10. Midwest cities lead fight for housing affordability while coastal 'superstar' cities fall behind

    Grand Rapids, Michigan scrapped single-family zoning. ...