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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. The most tangible threats to cities are manmade

   Although best known to Canadians as Halloween, October 31 is also World Cities Day —a time to think a bit, between the candy and costumes, about why cities are important and some key challenges they face. Canada is an urban country, with ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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. ...

8. Vancouver’s new government will face enormous pressure to grow the housing stock—quickly

   With a municipal election looming, here’s a statistic that crystalizes one of, if not the most, important issues of the campaign. Home prices in Vancouver have grown almost 70 per cent since the last municipal election in 2014. Add in ...

9. Toronto's changing whether you like it or not—might as well be for the better

   Appeared in the Toronto Star, October 8, 2018 As the election looms, housing affordability is the number one issue in Toronto. According to polling by Forum Research, it’s eclipsed the city’s notorious gridlock as the biggest concern. Which is no surprise ...

10. Developer fees rising in Metro Vancouver

    A recent Fraser Institute study compared 17 of Metro Vancouver’s 21 municipalities on spending, revenue and debt from 2007 to 2016, underscoring the changing makeup of municipal revenues in the region. As shown in the chart below, ...