Housing
- Policy incentives, increasing supply, and cutting GST all fail to address the core issue of housing affordability—municipal governments
- Policy incentives, increasing supply, and cutting GST all fail to address the core issue of housing affordability—municipal governments
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Homelessness is a problem that Canada can tackle with the Housing First approach, and encampments are the right place to start.
- Homelessness is a problem that Canada can tackle with the Housing First approach, and encampments are the right place to start.
- Homelessness is a problem that Canada can tackle with the Housing First approach, and encampments are the right place to start.
- The federal government can adapt the Canada Housing Plan to assume a more central role in funding and developing sustainable rental housing options.

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

- Without effective measures like rent regulation, there’s nothing to keep existing homes affordable.
- Without effective measures like rent regulation, there’s nothing to keep existing homes affordable.
- Without effective measures like rent regulation, there’s nothing to keep existing homes affordable.
- The Tories' plan to scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1-million doesn't have a comparable Liberal counterproposal, says
- The Tories' plan to scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1-million doesn't have a comparable Liberal counterproposal, says
- The Tories' plan to scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1-million doesn't have a comparable Liberal counterproposal, says
- Decarbonization needs to be linked to housing justice. All levels of government should ensure that funding for retrofits include affordability and anti-eviction pacts; energy
- Decarbonization needs to be linked to housing justice. All levels of government should ensure that funding for retrofits include affordability and anti-eviction pacts; energy
- Decarbonization needs to be linked to housing justice. All levels of government should ensure that funding for retrofits include affordability and anti-eviction pacts; energy
- The Council decided not to hold financialized landlords accountable, resorting to a well-intentioned, but misguided comparison to the health-care system.
- The Council decided not to hold financialized landlords accountable, resorting to a well-intentioned, but misguided comparison to the health-care system.
- The Council decided not to hold financialized landlords accountable, resorting to a well-intentioned, but misguided comparison to the health-care system.
- A review panel studying the financialization of rental housing is calling for national consensus protections for renters, and more funding for non-market housing to

- A review panel studying the financialization of rental housing is calling for national consensus protections for renters, and more funding for non-market housing to
- A review panel studying the financialization of rental housing is calling for national consensus protections for renters, and more funding for non-market housing to

- There’s a paradoxical relation between continental geography and municipal culture in defining Canada: the capacity for being a multi-national federation is linked to a
- There’s a paradoxical relation between continental geography and municipal culture in defining Canada: the capacity for being a multi-national federation is linked to a
- There’s a paradoxical relation between continental geography and municipal culture in defining Canada: the capacity for being a multi-national federation is linked to a
- The REIT structure is a ‘democratization of real estate investment,’ not a tax loophole, says CAPREIT’s Larry Greer.

- The REIT structure is a ‘democratization of real estate investment,’ not a tax loophole, says CAPREIT’s Larry Greer.
- The REIT structure is a ‘democratization of real estate investment,’ not a tax loophole, says CAPREIT’s Larry Greer.

- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
- Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
- Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
- People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.
- People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.
- People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.
- The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA's Ray Sullivan.
- The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA's Ray Sullivan.
- The Liberals should abandon the idea of public lands as a revenue resource and go-all in on affordability, says CHRA's Ray Sullivan.
- A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to

- A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to
- A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to

- The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of
- The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of
- The growing disparity in wealth between homeowners and those who cannot afford to buy into the residential lottery has become a pressing matter of
- More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on
Opinion | April 15, 2024
Opinion | April 15, 2024
- More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on
Opinion | April 15, 2024
- More and more people are homeless in Ottawa and across Canada due to the rapidly increasing cost of housing. In the federal budget on