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1. Red tape in Calgary stifling housing supply as home prices soar

   Average house prices up almost 140 per cent in Calgary and more than 160 per cent in Edmonton. ...

2. White House urges deregulation to boost housing supply—Canadian policymakers should take note

   Housing availability and affordability isn’t just an issue in Canada. It’s also a concern in the United States, where the White House recently released a so-called Housing Development Toolkit aimed at informing municipalities on how to ...

3. 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 ...

4. Governments should care what Ontario homebuilders think about regulation

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, October 6, 2016 Housing headlines are everywhere. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently announced a raft of housing reforms. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory recently rang alarms bells on ...

5. 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 ...

6. To address skyrocketing home prices, Ontario government could reduce barriers to building

   A recent Globe and Mail article highlighted Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s concern regarding Toronto’s skyrocketing house prices. Indeed, the Canadian Real Estate Association reports a 117 per cent increase in home prices across the ...

7. Allow housing supply to react to housing demand in Toronto, Vancouver and beyond

   To date, the discussion on housing affordability, dominated by handwringing over foreign homebuyers and low interest rates, has primarily focused on demand-side issues while ignoring the fact that when a good is in high-demand, it ...

8. 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 ...

9. Artificially lowered interest rates major cause of increased housing prices

   Housing prices in Vancouver have gotten a lot of attention over the last few years. According to Demographia, the City of Vancouver is the most expensive place to live in North America, with a median income of $69,700 and a median home ...

10. Canada's real housing problem is impeded supply, not high demand

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged a "very significant" housing crisis in some of Canada's urban centres. The good news is that he and more public officials realize higher home prices are not to be celebrated. ...