Beats: Housing

Parties’ housing platforms unlikely to significantly improve affordability: experts

Policy incentives, increasing supply, and cutting GST all fail to address the core issue of housing affordability—municipal governments

Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower

This approach is hard. It’s slow. It challenges egos and requires patience. But it’s also the only way we’ll achieve systems-level change

Cost of living, housing the top priority for young voters, not Trump

In a federal election dominated by trade and sovereignty, generation Z is prioritizing affordability when casting their ballots, a recent Abacus Data poll suggests. 

Efficiency reviews, higher CAF salaries, procurement czars: Liberal leadership hopefuls’ public service promises

Reaching two per cent of GDP on defence spending is a priority for some candidates, while others look to federal office space and counter-measures to U.S. tariffs.

Homebuilding & Affordable Housing

Bringing stability home: what Canada can learn from U.S. housing policies 

Adopting a 30-year fixed mortgage would provide much-needed stability for Canadians in the quest for homeownership.

Housing, climate, and human rights: a critical opportunity in Canada’s next federal election

Parties that truly prioritize a rights-based approach will have the opportunity to deliver concrete policies that address the twin crises of housing and climate change.

A solution to homelessness is within our grasp

Homelessness is a problem that Canada can tackle with the Housing First approach, and encampments are the right place to start.

Housing crisis, or opportunity?

The federal government can adapt the Canada Housing Plan to assume a more central role in funding and developing sustainable rental housing options.

Supply alone won’t solve the housing crisis

Without effective measures like rent regulation, there’s nothing to keep existing homes affordable.