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1. 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, ...

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

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

3. Burnaby relies heavily on industrial property taxes

   Over the past year, a great deal of ink has been spilled on the Trans Mountain pipeline debacle. Indeed, there are many angles to this issue, which has embroiled federal, provincial and municipal governments, along with various industry ...

4. Politicians get rent relief—but what about the GTA's 700,000 renter households?

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 2, 2019 Escalating housing costs continue to squeeze Torontonians. With a vacancy rate of around 1 per cent, average rent prices in the GTA rose 4.9 per cent over the last year. Provincial politicians living in ...

5. B.C. homeowners aren't exactly 'exempt' from the latest speculation tax

   Between January 18 and February 28, homeowners in several of British Columbia’s major cities will receive letters prompting them to register for an exemption to the “speculation and vacancy tax.” According to the Horgan government, 99 per ...

6. Fewer vacancies bad news for Montreal renters

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

7. 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 ...

8. B.C. government ‘task force’ misses key contributor to rental woes

   The Horgan government’s “ Rental Housing Task Force ” set up in the spring to “advise on how to improve security and fairness for renters and rental housing providers” throughout British Columbia recently released its findings and ...

9. When explaining home prices, the fundamentals matter

   This year has been revelatory for Canadian housing markets. After years of rapid home-price growth emanating from key metro areas—notably Toronto and Vancouver—average prices have either dropped or stabilized, revealing important lessons ...

10. New reports underscore renter woes in Toronto and beyond

    In the Greater Toronto Area, monthly rents rose by $63, on average. ...