Homes in the 1950s 1200 sq ft simple.
Homes in 2025 2300 sq ft, decorated to the 9s. $880k.
Without the upgrades, $550. We are mortgaging upgrades, which we will replace before paying the mortgage off. Townhouses are $500k, same reason. Build simple regular sized homes. = affordable
No it didn’t even mention it so obviously they’re just going to give a bunch of money to developers, then let them sell to corporate landlords who’ll charge exorbitant rent.
This solves NOTHING without restrictions on corporate landlords and Airbnb.
Nothing.
It didn’t say nonprofit rentals it says subsidized. That’s not the same thing.
That means landlords still get high rent but the government pays part.
They’re still getting rich off overcharging and being slumlords
I’ve been saying this for years you’re only saying it now so stop pretending stop using words start doing something we’re gonna see in the very near future whether you are just like the rest we will see won’t we? We already know these things the people know these things.
Given the current build costs only new subdivisions or gentrification justify the investment. Governments need significant incentives to build new in older neighborhoods.
Hamilton still has thousands of nice smaller wartime houses, they're an ideal size for a young couple's starter home or retirees to downsize to. But they're ~$600K and up now, prices tripled the last 10 years. For-profit developers only build McMansions. We need new *smaller* homes again here, pls.
I've been poor at some times in my life, comfortable in others.
Even if you're poor and on the edge, if you have a small place of your own, where you can lock the door and be safe, everything becomes possible after that.
We must give young people and others in need that capability again.
I'm not sure you understand housing coops, it's simply a building of apartments or townhouses where there are shared responsibilities for running the coop (admin, upkeep of the premises, cleaning, etc). People have their own apartments (or townhouses), they just share the management responsibilities
Generally but laws vary. I was responding to a post from someone who seems to think coops are houseshares not just normal apartments with some responsibilities in exchange for more affordable rent (and a portion with subsidized rent). Quebec has a very big network of coops but we need more.
Umm so what's the deal here Mark. The Indian guy gets tossed so you can run in his riding based on allegations of foreign interference.. but the Chinese guy is on the record about sending a Canadian citizen to China on a Chinese bounty and gets to stay.. square that circle..
Are you suggesting that Arya shouldn't have been removed?
The difference between the two is that one guy's allegiance to the country was questioned by CSIS due to his close ties with India, while the other gave a regrettable interview, and has since assumed responsibility and apologised.
Part of how government made housing affordable back then was that they also issued the mortgages that were much easier to qualify for. Will your plan include this too?
We need more coop and social housing. A healthy mix (which no major cities have) where condos and rentals compete with these options is how you actually make housing affordable. Otherwise we’re trusting the market, which got us into this mess to solve the problem.
Pierre Poilievre says we should take 15% of federal office space and convert it into housing in 18 months from selection of the surplus space to move-in date.
I talked to a homebuilder who told me that Poilievre is being incredibly naïve and unrealistic.
One of the major issues is plumbing in kitchens and bathrooms which makes a tear-down and rebuild far more plausible.
Yes there is a glut of commercial office space, but it it were actually feasible to convert these buildings, it would be done. The cost and effort to retrofit is too high.
Little pp is a liar he is not interested in affordable housing. He voted against it 8 times. He has no desire to help the middle or low income people. He’s for the billionaires only.
He voted over 400 times AGAINST workers. That includes construction workers and HE OWNS A PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY!! So do his wife and his father-in-law.
Are you going to do anything about mass investments?
Limit the amount of properties, allowed to own, remove all foreign investments into housing, create a rent to own system within apartments, all available housing in dense areas required to be on market..
About time that the Federal Government got back into subsidized housing. That was the biggest mistake as ending that decades ago, the private sector is about profits not about solving problems.
A certain portion of housing needs to be non-market. Basic shelter should be considered a commodity, not an investment.
I'm not against a capitalized housing market, but it needs to be balanced to accommodate those who don't want/can't participate (eg old, young, poor, etc..)
Yes, but as more affordable housing comes into the market those who can afford it will be removed from the rental market which in turn would bring the rental rates down and rental availability up. Like the ad said Canada ran a subsidized housing program till the early 2000's.
It's about time the government tied immigration numbers to houses available, schools available, medical care available. It's not fair to anyone. Hit PAUSE on immigration please! Why aren't we talking about this?
Small homes and large gardens will save you money and provide healthy food.
Don’t like to garden?
Trade your land to someone who does and they’ll give you fresh produce.
Thanks, good plan. I pray that Canada will succeed and be a good model to the world. I like the sustainability element and provision for low cost public housing, house for homeless and shelters.
I agree. If you look at what was called war time homes where I grew up, they were small. Most only had partial basements. Yet, they were definitely family homes. I currently live in a roughly 1000 sqft pre-fab/trailer. It's 3 bedroom with a very large LR/DR/kitchen area.
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It's time to really build starter homes. I just looked up the area I was talking about and they were around 800-900 sqft. How many new homes being built now are that size? I just looked, same city. The smallest built in the last few years is 1600, up to 2600.
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But the vast majority of people don't want those type of homes. They want McMansions with high end finishes. Parents now believe every child needs their own room, at least 3 bathrooms, a family room, laundry room etc.
I was an only child so it wasn't an issue. I look at my mother, and until my father passed away, she never had a bedroom of her own. The standards that we have become to insist on are just non sustainable.
What people want and what they need are pretty much always at odds.
I’d love to have a big spacious house with all amenities.
But I only need a place with plumbing, heat, electricity and a room to sleep in. 🤣
My new pre-fab here in a medium-sized town in Nova Scotia cost me under 200k last year (well bought in late year 2023). I just checked, 10 under 200k still. Not new, and various levels. It's about what you want and where you want to live.
Yes. In fact, everyone should pay for that through taxes, because housing should be a right. Prior to the onset of capitalism, humanity went 300000ish years with the idea that communities exist to help the people in them survive, time to bring that back.
This right here. Federally funded housing would be a very cost effective solution to homelessness, property crime, and strains on emergency services. Everybody deserves a home.
Affordable homes AND walkable/bike friendly cities, towns, and communities, please. We need to end our addiction to motor vehicles where it is feasible.
Just a small suggestion: can we ditch the car oriented development and make more walkable/cyclable neighborhoods while we do new construction? Good for our future tax dollars and health too. Not to mention extra density = more homes.
Interesting but not what I meant. It’s about changing the zoning and land use towards transit, bike and pedestrians to make the residents less dependent on cars, which is also more affordable.
This is going to be a good plan I'm sure, but if you want to build more of any kind of housing in this country we need to elect provincial and municipal governments that want to do it, not just a federal one.
Housing as a public service should not exacerbate the issue of car-centric urban sprawl. Please consider making a geographic leverage KPI for this public entity and hold it to account for the efficient use of land. IMO federal bungalows aren’t the answer
Mark, take care of the trades people as well! Their wages and benefits (what benefits?), have been stagnant for at least a decade. Many companies have gotten rich off the backs of these hard workers which many are immigrants as well.
For years, my wife and I lived in military PMQs (Permanent Military Quarters) built during the post-war period.
The most basic ones - War Four's may dad called them - were single-story square houses with a full basement. A home with a yard - it was all we needed. Great for a couple and one kid.
The biggest issue I see is the normalization of the real estate market favouring the wealthy investor.
The 1% rule is why it is typical for 2 families to reside in a single $700,000 family dwelling, while the landlord makes up to $2,500 a month profit.
This trend leads to serfdom.
There’s no profit margin for builders to build affordable homes. So that’s why they don’t. That’s why we need big government. If we left everything to private enterprise, the world would suck even more than it already does.
Great. But first, define “affordable” for us. If it’s not affordable for lowest incomes, you’re not helping the root cause of houselessness. Trickle-down housing has proven to not work. We need NEW, forward-thinking solutions.
That's not what it means. It's affordable to who the CORE demographic is for a planned project. If the core demographic are high income workers, then it is NOT affordable to middle/low income. Hope that helps. 🙄
The poor in Toronto will never be able to afford to buy a home no matter how much money is thrown at it so you’ll have to move at some point. I’m assuming you’re from Toronto because you’re annoying and that you’re poor because you sound broke
At the same time, as populations continue to consolidate within cities/urban environments. We don't necessarily have the land we had available at the end of WWII. That post-war program led to our suburbs of today.
I imagine less single detached, more transit accessible MDU's would be the focus.
True. But some buildings are more convertible than others.
Buikdings from the '70's and '80's onwards tend to have big floorplates which makes conversion forbidding. But many of the older ones are more amenable.
Anyway, just a thought.
True true. It's a good thought and one I share curiosity in.
Sorry for the spontaneous comments, you sparked my architecture interest. Studied in school, (partially bewildered by the prospect of becoming a glorified AutoCAD tech). but a series of events led me to project management in healthcare.
Yep. This is why the "oNlY mOrE sUpPlY wILl FiX tHe HoUsInG cRuNcH" line makes my eye twitch. We need supply + ALL THE REGULATIONS to keep the investor class from gobbling up precious space again, as if portfolios are more important than the human need for shelter.
Housing needs to be in the same class as drinking water, healthcare, electricity, etc and not just another plaything for foreign investors looking to game the system...
There used to be affordable homes here in Brampton but they've been bought up by investors, who crammed them full of temporary foreign workers & intl students. These neighborhoods are now garbage strewn, overrun with rats, the homes are ill kept. Please ensure these affordable homes are for families
We should build more small-sized houses, which can not only improve construction efficiency but also attract young people with high cost performance. We need more young people to become builders of society.
This is one of the biggest nationwide crises. There are so many young adults saying they can't afford to have children, and will never own a home. That doesn't bode well for Canada.
Keyword...affordable. But, for whom? More investors so they can charge exorbitant rents, or for the millions of first time home buyers desperate to get into the housing market? Also, affordable housing for seniors is badly needed.
I worked in construction as a designer and project manager. I've been a municipal councillor. And affordable housing is a major issue. The biggest challenge smaller communities face in building housing is providing the infrastructure needed to service them. They just don't have the budget.
This is great news! Canada had to slam the doors shut to immigration because we lack capacity for those who wish to come to our beautiful country to make a new life for themselves. More importantly, this initiative will help hard working Canadians enter into affordable home ownership as well.
Not just tax breaks. They also have free reign to go around rent controls with a 250% increase in above guideline increases. Its the lawless, wild, wild west here in Ontario.
USA and CANADA must stop
-allowing foreign ownership of farmland
- allowing foreign ownership of housing that sits empty
- forcing heirs to sell family land b/c of inheritance taxes
There's nothing wrong with a smaller footprint. And single family homes aren't what they used to be. We have many more people today than we did in the 40s and 50s.
Yes. The US doesn't have the same sparse population we have. They are waaaay more connected than Canadians are because the birth of their car culture was intentful.
We also don’t need to pretend we’re Europe
If there isn’t a grocery store a drug store a large park a school a doctor’s office within walking distance, we’re not solving problems we’ll be creating them. We don’t need tenements in food deserts. And no where to park the car you need to get to work
The community I live in is building “high density” and pretending they are for families
They aren’t. It’s speculative and will end up being vacation property. We need to hold municipalities accountable and to higher standards. It’s not just about housing numbers. We need homes not units
Exactly. And the big bottleneck in the Canadian housing supply is units with more than 3 bedrooms and 140sq meters. If you build places that families can move into then the rest of our housing needs get easier. So be it condos or town houses a large number of them need to be family sized
More 1-2-br small, one-storey houses & townhouses need to be built, too. In my city, retirees are staying in our 3-br homes on big lots bc all the new homes are McMansions.
Older people in nice big older homes *want* to downsize—and families could then buy our homes—but there's no new *small* homes
This is a huge need. Many of the homeless can't be squeezed into a 2 bed apartment. They have 4-7 kids. They need the bigger units. Every new apartment building should have 3 and 4 bed units on each floor.
Sounds good. But sorry, you can be sincere in your commitments to public housing, or continue to be nostalgic for Chrétien/Martin years of austerity. Not both.
the housing bubble collapsed in 1990 and didn't really start growing again until 2000s. like there was tons of apartments available, homes were plentiful and the costs were relatively low. could buy a house for $150k, get an apartment for $400-500/mo. truth be told, the market is being manipulated
statistically, we're building at a good rate but the problem is "investors" are buying stuff up and screwing up the market. toronto region is building like a bat out of hell and yet it doesn't seem like enough
There is Italian song about the little homes in Canada after the SECOND WW2 war! It’s still exists! I am going to try to translate the lyrics for Canadians! Piccola Cassette in Canada!
oh man, I really really hope so. The cities are bursting with homeless, people who do not deserve to be scooped up and dumped in landfills for falling on hard times, or for trying to escape abuse - domestic or foreign
This country is replete with building materials and space to build
and do not let existing properties be left to rot or collect compensation when empty. There is already a lot of empty apartments, unreasonably priced out of the hands of median-waged families.
Scarcity capitalism cannot be applied to a human right.
As someone who worked for CMHC in the '70s when we were building homes, I'd love to talk to you about this. The federal government should be incentivizing others to build homes, but should not be building homes itself. there will be so many unintended consequences. PS I am a liberal supporter.
I saw a pallet village today for the homeless in my area. Most of these people are working poor. It had high metal fence and looked more like a concentration camp than a helping hand. This needs to change!
Federally mandated housing for all. That means provinces can NOT fold to corporate ownership of housing. Any corporation should be taxed 50 % for profits made on housing. We need to get this under control. Rent control.
Where? Where tf you building these homes? I just see development popping up all across our most fertile lands. Short-term, stupid thinking. Especially with southern ontario having the best soils across the entire country for growing produce. But sure. Let's depend on global trade for basic needs. 🙄
It's not really there. It does say there will be an element of repurposing old structures for rentals. It also says it will reduce zoning restrictions.
Almost all development in Ontario has been on fertile lands.
I'm hoping this trend changes. We need to protect our fertile land more than ever.
I'd suggest starting tiny home "villages" with community halls, stores, clinics all in walking distance. Ones for the homeless would be a good place to start.
Otherwise, ancient RVs and vans will be crowding the streets of every city and town. Because people exist, even without homes.
When my wife & I got married 30 yrs ago, we bought a 900sf 2bd bungalow in North York and loved it!
We still reminisce and talk about that adorable, manageable, cozy home.😊
Small towns aren’t suburbs. If you’re not demanding municipal infrastructure like water and sewage be connected to your home where the housing density is low, then you aren’t as much of a drain on our taxes.
Suburbs are a different story. They demand much from our coffers and return little.
But there’s plenty of reason. Mid-rise buildings are WILDLY more efficient for our tax dollars. They result in walkable neighbourhoods with healthy local economies. You get more tax revenue with less infrastructure costs.
Municipalities are going into debt over providing utilities to suburbs.
There are thousands of them still standing, and used. I've seen ones modified for more space, and one which was fully raised so that it became the upstairs with a new ground floor. They are structurally sound, affordable, and an excellent solution for housing families.
There is a beautiful “war home” neighbourhood in Ottawa. They are nice solid homes and plenty big for a family of three or even four. I know a family who lived in one. They loved it.
I grew up in war home in Ontario. Family of 7.
Two +1 bedrooms, one bathroom. No complaints.
Bought my own home which isn't any bigger.
Was really offended when PP referred to a house much
like mine as a "tiny little shack".
Small Modular’s would be fabulous. Ideally, have these new communities given an allotment for small community gardens. Enough room for some veggies; and instead of ornamental trees, put in edibles like fruit trees.
More co-op and social housing at this pace as well please! These are fantastic options that support a wide spectrum of Canadian families while building community and capacity.
Building with Canadian materials, right? Canada imports 60m in American baths, shower-baths, and wash-basins annually. It's time to switch to Canadian tile. It looks better than plastic anyway. (No, I'm not a tile salesperson.)
Yes!!! They’ve spoken about this for steel for large construction but we also need to start producing real products from our own resources. We could be giving preference to steel for sinks and tubs.
I personally am tired of everything being plastic
325m annually in imported plastic home goods from the USA as well. I won't be sad to see that stop being manufactured. It's low quality trash and bad for the environment anyway.
Exactly. And if we want to get ourselves off our dependence on petroleum that means we need to get off plastics
I’ve never understood how plastics replaced refundable bottles and cans. How did that happen during our “let’s be environmentally conscious era” ??? I’ll never understand it
Leveraging post-WW2 imagery to get people excited about "aggressively unlocking private risk capital" and reducing (provincial & municipal) red tape? What is this?
Our family has been living in a Housing Cooperative for many years. Because of the rental market in BC it's impossible for young people to afford their own place so many need to stay with their parents. I would love to see more housing cooperatives being build. It's a beautiful concept.
In the late 1940s affordable housing was build to accommodate returning soldiers and their families—it was called ‘war-time’ housing. A whole neighbourhood of these houses in our town still exists and they continue to house growing families.
Yes we can build but we have to stop the real estate investors / foreign buyers who want to flip them/ rent them out/ air b and b them or make them into ghost houses unoccupied. I believe we DO have housing available but it’s been snapped up by those seeking to exploit it as an investment!
Hope so but cities like Toronto need to crack down on short term rentals like European cities have to get more back into the proper long term rental pool.
Usually just the essentials: kitchen, living room, bathroom, two bedrooms - many had basements too. Perfect for a small family to get their foot in the housing market.
And in each drop the whole world! To what extent can multi-apartment buildings/block/inter-block communities in Canadian cities be energy and economically independent?😉
To capitalize the sity inter-block community (including social housing for the middle class, similar to HDB Singapore), interesting for private/state investment, new approaches are needed for planning intra-block business processes & energy independence.
We had something similar after World War 2. There are neighbourhoods all across Canada filled with 'war houses'.
The focus was on affordable starter homes for families, including single parent ones for war widows. They were to help give young people a start without massive debt. Good idea for today
I won't bother displaying land prices in any of the municipalities closer to Vancouver. Building more isn't a solution when one cannot afford the land those homes are to be built on. None of the parties are talking about that part of the equation.
This is good. Short, clear, simple message. The shot of the troops coming back home after WW2 recalls a similar moment when a big change was happening, and your country met the moment. Good luck, Canada. (From a UK by birth / US by naturalization citizen who is rooting for you.) #Carney
The little war time houses are some of the best built homes in Kitchener-Waterloo. Bringing something similar back to the housing market would be doing the people of our country a great service.
PP lives in a publicly funded mansion and has never had to do real work based on his skills (is lying and grievance farming a skill set?). He has no clue what it takes to make a living or live modestly. He’s morally and emotionally broken and seeks to break and destroy anything that helps others.
I live in one of those 1947 "Victory" homes out west. Rock solid, nice small footprint, but ample space for a family. They keep getting knocked down in favour of massive overpriced McMansions, though. We need to return to sustainable housing models like these.
Lots of us believe small houses on small lots are just fine. I'm in a 3-br, 2-storey, ~1,500 sq.ft. home, perfect for a family of four. But it's a 1942 house on a 1/4 acre lot & expensive to maintain, esp lawn care/weeds.
Want a 2-br, ONE-storey bungalow with *ground-floor laundry* on a *tiny* lot.
Right? These little houses had families with an average of 4 kids during late 40s/early 50s. Small house also means more space on the lot for greenery and gardens - important factors for eco-smart urban design and health and wellbeing.
I so agree. The McMansion fest has to END. We are in a time where our values need to orient to smaller footprints anyhow. Small homes are great. And they have to be affordable. We also need creative solutions for the homelessness crisis. Let’s get outside the box on this. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦✊✊✊🙏🙏🙏🎶🎶🎶
Yes! Because they are fine — better in fact. The idea that bigger is better partners with over consumption, accumulation, and waste to produce misperceptions of what it means to be wealthy…or well off.
Please, for the love of god, mid-rise, mixed-use buildings. Housing on top, local businesses on the street. It makes for a more resilient economy and livable, walkable neighbourhoods.
The Americans don’t know what they’re doing and we should stop copying them. Copy the successes of Europe instead.
Commercial layers, civic layers, multi-unit residential layers. Clusters of buildings provide education, health services, etc. and the whole thing is walkable. Your average small town amenities consolidated to the space of a few city blocks. With a healthy helping of green space on the side, please.
That'd be great. We can also be forward thinking and prepare for climate change heatwaves and floods in the design with lower levels connecting other buildings into a shopping corridor and any transit.
It is time government got back to not excusing heinous commentary from MPs who ask voters to kidnap and forcibly handover their political opponent to #ccpChina. It is time leaders take the moral stand of ensuring they do not represent the party in any way, shape or form.
He government shouldn’t be in the business of building homes. It should be in the business of creating policies that help the economy so that people can have good jobs so they can afford to buy a home without government assistance
Your mentality has been policy for decades. Evidence shows IT AIN’T WORKING!! Free-market forces alone rarely fashion a more just, equitable & humane society. Sadly, when people crow loudly about market forces being a great equalizer, they’re the ones who’ve more wealth compared to everybody else.
So you think the government handicapping whole industries with bad policy is ok and bringing immigration to excessively high levels has had nothing to do with the problem? There’s a reason Canada has had almost no GDP growth and has fallen behind every other G7 economy.
And you speak of Canada's lack of GDP growth is a cause. Remember that the global factors of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the global supply-chain issue, the war in Ukraine and the inflation crisis are the main causes of lack of GDP growth, not immigration. C'Mon, you know that; don't be disingenuous.
Also, Covid, global supply chain issues, inflation crisis weren’t a problem for 4 of the 9 years. The lack of growth was due to government policies restricting mining, oil production, pipelines and many more
I hear you. Yet environmental concerns as well as Indigenous objections and provincial objections are at the heart of those. We can not just run rough-shod over people regarding their land and the environment is a factor to be considered. However, there are ways to negotiate for that.
I never said immigration was the cause of lack of GDP growth, immigration is probably the only reason the GDP growth was as high as it was. I said government policies restricted the growth
Okay. Fair enough, I will give you that. I think there could've been certain policies that've slowed growth. Yet I think getting Canada to actively start building homes would be a good thing. Listen, I hope you don't think I mean you any ill-will. It's a healthy debate & we're both proud Canadians.
John? Your way doesn't work. Immigration rose, yes, yet the the posit that the free-market can regulate this doesn't work. It just doesn't. The point that you raise about immigration shows it can't handle the shock. When Canada did build homes it was great for the economy. Those are the facts.
John? That's semantics. You are indirectly saying that it would be the free-market when you state that. If the government doesn't build homes and just creates policies so that houses get built, that is tacitly saying the free-market would be addressing the housing problem. C'Mon.
Exactly. Nobody’s calling for houses built by civil servants, but there’s masses governments can do. Like taxing mansions, helping establish housing co-operatives, giving up unused brownbelt land, etc. Much of the reason we’re in this mess is because big property developers doing it all has failed.
Much of the reason we are in this mess is because the government increased immigration to excessively high levels without having a plan, like where are they going to live or increasing funding for services that they will use, like schooling and health care
First, I’m an immigrant too, so I resent that. Immigrants on average pay more taxes so they pay for their own schooling. It’s not like we live for free. The problem of housing is *partly* demand, but also substantially supply. Developers prefer building big houses and condos to extract more profit.
Canada's housing problem is entirely that Ontario won't build anything but hyper-expensive suburban sprawl. That's it. Fix Doug Ford, fix our housing problem.
Right, so instead of the government building housing maybe we need policies that say if a developer is building any new housing a certain percentage needs to be for lower
Income brackets.
That’s what I mean by governments should make policies not build houses
What I’m saying is Building housing alone won’t solve the problem. If you don’t address the root causes of the problem you’ll always be playing catch up.
We need both concurrently. Definitely need to also address root causes of wealth inequality and create policies that allow people to make enough. This includes making sure corporations and those with high income pay their fair share of taxes. Building housing is one part of a multicompent strategy.
in addition to this, restrictions on who can buy them needs to be considered. Far too many people create "one person corporations" to avoid taxes while buying up residential housing, and mutual funds are even worse. Corporations need to be blocked from buying single or multiunit homes on single lots
I’m 100% behind this initiative. But. I fear opportunistic middlemen, carpetbaggers and greedy profiteers getting rich, and foreign investors buying up inventory. This cannot be allowed to become a free for all, pork barrel boondoggle.
I was afraid you'd say that! Darn. I was expecting more attractive apartment buildings with lots of spots out front for bikes! But a whole ad showing he's genuinely thinking about it is probably a step in the right direction (if he wins.)
If the government uses OUR MONEY (Tax payer dollars) to help corporations build RENTAL HOMES that is unacceptable. We should be using public funds to support citizens to OWN their own homes. Rents can be increased at any time and provide no equity. Stop the scam
If the rental homes include rent freezes (or at least strict rent control), i wouldn't have an issue with this. We absolutely desperately need more affordable rental options as so few can qualify for mortgages in this market. But otherwise I totally agree.
Thanks. The MURB thing spurred a lot of shady practices back in the 70s. Again, a rental unit (unless it is a public NOT-for-profit) home, is a lifetime burden for the renter - rents can be raised (and will be), NO equity for the renter.
The rapid buildout of affordable homes ought to include:
- Passive House energy performance;
- 4-6 storey multifamily point access block apartment buildings;
- rapidly constructed panelized wall/roof/floor systems. Support for plants across 🇨🇦
- slab on grade foundations;
- standardized plans…
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- support for cooperative housing ownership;
- support for self-building/finishing of exterior and interiors;
- adopt: legal/insurance/approval structures to allow contractors to act as coaches for the above co-op self builds;
- rapid approvals of such standardized designs;
- 🛠️ trades training…
We need to build low cost PUBLIC housing. Singapore is a good model. I grew up in Hong Kong public housing, it is not great but It is a good stepping stone for building future wealth.
Co-ops should not be just for low income people. They should be built for the middle class as well. I make a professional salary and cannot afford a 1-bedroom condo in Montreal even with a healthy down payment.
Meanwhile, Poilievre is promising to crisscross the nation with oil pipelines w/ no enviro assessment. By the time those are built, earth will be a charred husk of burnt forests and unbearable temperatures.
No, it's time for Government to create an environment where Canadians can build their own homes. Your proposal won't work. Unfortunately, the Conservatives proposal won't work either.
I’m happy for those that are in a position to buy a house! Long awaited for, and now becoming a reality. This is something I would’ve considered years ago.
Alas, I still rent (which is fine for me), but I would really like some rent controls to freeze this market as the rates are way too high now.
I can't find more recent stats but it would be interesting to see if the Vacant Home Tax is at least making a difference availability, if not affordability, for people...
Love what you’re doing but we don’t just need more homes, we need better policies around rental properties and outside investors as well. People can’t save for a home if their rent is through the roof now.
I agree, that is the main issue I believe. Many homes and condos are snatched up by investors who in return hike up the prices making it competitive for people who are simple trying to establish themselves.
Housing is a commodity. As long as living here is in demand, housing will be priced accordingly and therefore out of reach of many people. Short of decommodifying housing, something no major party is suggesting, all we can do is increase supply and rent controls.
That’s the problem I want someone to start talking about
Housing became stupid when interest rates bottomed out and investors couldn’t make money in the markets.
We need to fix that with policy and with gov owned housing like on some European countries
Exactly, the government should be solely focus on the people. Happy and educated people will produce profit naturally creating a stronger country and economic force.
I concur but in my opinion there has to be policies about who is buying the home and further policies of rent cap regulations. Lots of investors buy new homes and then rent them out for ridiculous prices. Our homes need to be for Canadians buyers first.
More rental homes means lower rents! It’s like cars: in a shortage, anyone with a roof can charge top dollar. When there’s lots of new cars available, there’s lots of people selling their old one. Same thing applies to rentals. Housing is a ladder and it’s hard/expensive to hoard it.
It’s hard to embrace when we have been living in scarcity for so long. But Austin did it, and has seen rents drop over 20% while population grew more than 2% for multiple years.
Progressives like us need to embrace abundance, a big failing of progressive cities in NA has been blocking housing.
I am hopeful but it’s more of a provincial regulation that enforced those policies. He will have to be in communication with premiers to ensure that Canadians are actually considered.
He is spending time with them and emphasizing the importance of unity. Much of the problem has been lazy financial management of provinces. He is likely educating them a bit as well.
One of the few good things the liberals have done on housing is the Housing Accelerator Fund which incentivizes, not punishes municipalities to change zoning laws to densify housing. I haven’t heard any scandal related to that yet?
Yup. Most policies that are doing the most harm to people currently are provincial jurisdiction: lack of rent control (something Ford killed in the first week of his tenure), restrictive zoning, etc.
Well clearly we are all feeling the strain so maybe it should be a federal pursuit. Clearly the provinces aren’t doing their part to regulate and ensure housing for their own tax-payers.
Yes, developers own Ford, so he killed rent control as soon as he got in, and rents spiked.
Municipalities can help too, though, talk to city councilors & Mayors. In Hamilton, ON, our city council changed bylaws to allow secondary units (garage conversions, M-I-L units, backyard tiny homes) here.
Municipalities in ON can only do so much as long as they're "creatures of the province". We should be advocating for charter cities so malignant provincial officials can't swoop in and do things on our behalf.
I understand this. I rent though. Rents are out of control— some of us paying at least 50% of our take-home pay to keep roofs over our heads. I’d like to see you discuss with the premiers measures to limit rents.
In Ontario, Doug Ford did developers a huge favor by repealing the rent control that the previous Liberal govt passed. Ford removed rent control on all apartments/condos/garden units built or renovated after late 2018. Rents skyrocketed.
Ontarians, stop voting Conservative. They screw us every time
Conservative Tim Houston increased the rent control cap and reduced the eviction notice time periods and other things that protect landlords. Never vote conservative.
Some people are renting because they can't afford a home.
So if more homes that they can afford are on the market and they get out of renting, that can adjust demand and prices.
It's all connected, and needs to be treated like it is.
Renters will also benefit. With more homes built and available for those who wish to buy, fewer people will need to rent and occupancy rates and rent costs should also fall
BUT I want governments to start subsidized housing programs again. We need to keep focus on HOMES not investing in real estate
Eventually I hope. There’s this idea that renters rent until they can buy and that rental units aren’t real homes. Some people in my building have lived there for thirty plus years though. I think that’s what you mean— a home is a home whether rented or owned?
💯. There was a trend where people weren’t able to sustain long term rentals. The whole Reno-viction thing where ppl were removed from rentals so the landlords could increase rents beyond what they could legally ask of a existing tenant
It was bad in BC.
We need to get back to homes not investment
When the central bankers decided to keep interest rates low in favour of big business they drove money out of the stock and bond markets and into real estate because real estate prices continued to increase. It broke our housing systems here and in the US
I saw this particularly in Vancouver after Expo ‘86. Vancouver went from being a sleepy west coast city no one really paid attention to to a real estate cash cow practically overnight.
Here in Ontario too. Luckily I haven’t experienced that. Whole neighbourhoods in Toronto were totally displaced because of renovictions and gentrification.
Totally this! I rent, and it’s my home! I take care of it like I own it. It’s stressful worrying about eviction for no good reason, and the rates of rentals. Whatever happened to appreciating a good tenant?
Affordable housing drives down rent. For every person who can buy a home, that’s one less person competing for rental housing. Mass home building solves both problems.
Yes. I get that. What I’d like to see is more of a co-op style sliding scale across the board. If I pay 50+% of my net income for rent how do I save for real estate if I want to buy though?
I don't think we need to reduce the amount of renters. We need to reduce the amount of for-profit landlords. We need a crown corp for public housing. It would put downwards pressure on rents, decrease the obscene power differential between tenants and landlords, and boost economic mobility
And no developer will build new units. They build what people want to rent and they do it for a profit. Do you work for free? Hire staff and pay them out of your pocket? What people don't realize is these units are costing 3-500,000$ to build. Now you have to finance that.
If you think that bringing more non-market housing in is going to tank the property market completely, you need to go look at Britain. Or the Netherlands. Or our literal past in Canada. Zero-research argument.
We have already greatly increased non-market (low income housing). It isn't what I am referring to. I am referring to affordable market housing for all the people who don't qualify for low income. Right now where I live you beed an income of 100k/ year to get ab apartment.
They don't build what people want, they build what has the highest profit margins, which is why new builds heavily favour luxury apartments while people want affordable housing. Some municipalities try and force affordable units but it's not enough. This is why we need a public option.
The three thirty storey condos around my place are all little boxes in the sky. Is that what people want? Probably not. It’s what people get now. They’re all rental and it’ll soon be a slum because of flip flop tenants. No larger units for people with families like the older building a block away.
I don't think it does. It primarily discusses building of homes with no clear indication of who will own or operate them. One could infer BCH will, but it isn't clear. The $10B in financing is actively bad as it will be primarily taken advantage of by corporate landlords to consolidate their wealth
I think the goal is that if there is enough of a housing market, it’ll be cheaper to buy than to rent. It was the case for me…rents ARE out of control.
I do hope we can change it. Developers are continually trying to snatch up homes, offer cash offers everywhere in cities on homes for sale.
I think if you rent then you’re more aware that it’s under the provincial umbrella. Maybe people don’t realize who does what (also trying to be generous🙂). My rent goes up more than it should thanks to Doug Ford.
Here in Ontario Ford removed rent controls in his first mandate. Since people don’t vote in their own interests and appear to vote for $200 cheques we shot ourselves in the foot here in Ontario. We could start with the reintroduction of rent controls.
Agreed. I didn’t vote for him. I get the impression that Cons vote Con because they always have and any kind of money for programs and such is too “socialist” even if it could save them money.
The more affordable housing that is on the market, the better the rents will get. We just need to keep it out of the hands of big corporate housing companies.
I understand. I saw this when I lived in Toronto. I have no plans to move though. Is my landlord going to lower my rent? Maybe if I say something but probably not. My concern about new builds is people buying them as rental properties as well. I don’t know if there are going to be rules around that.
Also, if more people can afford their own home, it reduces the competition for rentals.
There are so many ways adding housing to the market helps renters.
It's a travesty a country with all this free space and cheap lumber has a "housing problem". Putting a $10K tiny home up costs upwards of $200K. Make that make sense.
Just wow. wtf is a development fee anyways? like why do I have to pay to make 50 foot lot better? sewers, electric, water I can understand cost money but this is straight up highway robbery. oh you don't want to live on the street? here's your tax you uppity piece of scum. smh.
I think that's generous. My mom owns a lot and when the farm next door was bought to make an entrance to a subdivision she got gifted the property. For me to put up a $15K home on that property today would cost me over $200K. Just to build it, that doesn't include taxes.
I don’t fully understand it either. My brother is in the building trade. Apparently there’s been an enormous increase in govt regulations that are part of the cause. Materials and wages account for some, as well as the cost of the land. Everything has increased.
A bit, but you can buy a house on Amazon for $14K. Even if you have the property to put it on you're looking at over $200K. That's in places that have existing services. It's outright criminal.
Wow! I don’t know enough about this. I would just shake my head at the trend though because when I rented a tiny apartment in TO people would tell me I needed a bigger place. I kept thinking, “…but tiny houses…never mind…”
It beats the f out of me. I grew up in a small house so never got the point of having space you don't use. Give me a kitchen, a bathroom and a room to fit a queen size bed and I'm good to go. I'd rather have a garage than a living room if we're being honest.
Grew up in one of those prefab homes. 2 bedrooms, eat in kitchen, living room and a full sized basement. My dad sectioned off the living room and built a small bedroom in it. Only wasted space was the hallway to the bedrooms and bathroom. I'm sure they would build them more open concept now.
Affordable is the key word PM. The supposed affordable in BC seems to start at $500,000. There needs to be a process for govt incentivized homes to go to local residents not those moving elsewhere after raking in huge profits from selling in large markets like GTA and YVR.
I also suspect that, like most condos, the houses will be pretty cramped. The prefab my Grandparents had was spacious, but I don't have a lot of faith in the people who decide what is good enough for the workers these days. But it's our fault the rich people deserve billions. We get what trickles.
For this to work there needs to be legislation that only allows citizens and permanent residents to own residential real estate. Foreign investors and investment companies need to be banned
When I worked in North Vancouver I was floored on how many multi million dollar mansions that I did maintenance on sat vacant 45-50 weeks a year - with a Range Rover/Lambo in the garage covered in dust
BC's real estate industry (more localized Greater Vancouver), and the politicians who are almost assuredly having their palms greased have a sweet deal going.
BC historically complaining about Ottawa not caring about the west could meet an interesting convergence.
"wait, don't solve THAT problem"
Its all across the lower mainland now. I have five brand new houses next door and across the street sitting empty asking way over price. No one local is buying these...
The place across the street from me is like that. Asking 400k more than all the places that are selling. They wont lower their price so it’s been on the market for 7months.
Singapore has 98% of homeownership precisely because the government builds high quality and “chic” apartments buildings with high index of walkability & public services. UK used to do the same. Well done PM & team. Is like you are listening! Now, help the Provinces eliminate wait list for Drs next!
I'm middle class, now retired. I would pay more tax for this if required, and to see DnD Bases with military housing. I can't leave a world like this for my boys. Liberal. #Never51 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
But it not actually building any. Just"incentivizing" them.
It's ok, I'm never going to expect real estate speculators like the Libs to ever build public housing. I'm just really annoyed they keep using twisted language (i.e. lying) to try to convince people that they will.
Follow up with:
-Major recruiting drive
-Free training in the trades
-Empty shopping malls, warehouses, schools etc. as training centres
-Trainees commit to work for the program for (x)years
-A career path beyond the initial commitment for those who choose
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Homes in 2025 2300 sq ft, decorated to the 9s. $880k.
Without the upgrades, $550. We are mortgaging upgrades, which we will replace before paying the mortgage off. Townhouses are $500k, same reason. Build simple regular sized homes. = affordable
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
This solves NOTHING without restrictions on corporate landlords and Airbnb.
Nothing.
That means landlords still get high rent but the government pays part.
They’re still getting rich off overcharging and being slumlords
Even if you're poor and on the edge, if you have a small place of your own, where you can lock the door and be safe, everything becomes possible after that.
We must give young people and others in need that capability again.
But I did say maybe.
I've always thought they were a good alternative.
The difference between the two is that one guy's allegiance to the country was questioned by CSIS due to his close ties with India, while the other gave a regrettable interview, and has since assumed responsibility and apologised.
I talked to a homebuilder who told me that Poilievre is being incredibly naïve and unrealistic.
Real ideas, please. ✅
Thanks Mark Carney.
Yes there is a glut of commercial office space, but it it were actually feasible to convert these buildings, it would be done. The cost and effort to retrofit is too high.
https://newsroom.calgary.ca/three-innovative-office-conversion-projects-injecting-new-investment-creating-new-homes-building-climate-resiliency-in-calgarys-downtown/
He doesn't think for a second about the 1/3 of Canadians that are renters.
🚨 We can't put a wolf in charge of the sheep. 🚨
Mr. No little pp. No thanks
#elbowsup
He will do the same as Musk and Trump
https://substack.com/@jimstewartson/note/c-104373957?r=49z54v
He harbors a criminal.
Are you going to do anything about mass investments?
Limit the amount of properties, allowed to own, remove all foreign investments into housing, create a rent to own system within apartments, all available housing in dense areas required to be on market..
Price fixing and control of supply. Just like most things, it’s all the same.
Come on, I watch thousands of units go on the market every month here.
I build the damn things.
Studio apartments outside of Vancouver are $3k to rent and start around $600,000 to buy.
Hell, Maple Ridge is $500,000 for a tiny apartment.
Only allow families or single people to own more than one property in metropolitan areas.
More money will also stay in Canada strengthening our economy, also giving everyone opportunity to participate.
I'm not against a capitalized housing market, but it needs to be balanced to accommodate those who don't want/can't participate (eg old, young, poor, etc..)
Don’t like to garden?
Trade your land to someone who does and they’ll give you fresh produce.
Homelessness, and income for those who have the space.
Offer a discount and the person can also be employed- yard work, domestic work, etc.
Who needs a McMansion?
It outlines plans for vulnerable communities
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
It’s 2025 and no one should be without a roof over their head because of money. No one. It’s a human right for shelter.
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There’s so many boarded up/empty/dilapidated properties in Montreal but they’re just being sat on for $$$$$$$$
I’d love to have a big spacious house with all amenities.
But I only need a place with plumbing, heat, electricity and a room to sleep in. 🤣
The only new sf is 2550 sqft, 4 bedrooms, 3-1/2 bathrooms, basement, is excessive - $619,900.
https://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/
Vancouver does a good job of high density connected to transit hubs
This program is about getting as many multi family homes built as possible to meet the current demand for housing
But rental purpose buildings like in Vancouver’s Westend are in the plan
The most basic ones - War Four's may dad called them - were single-story square houses with a full basement. A home with a yard - it was all we needed. Great for a couple and one kid.
The 1% rule is why it is typical for 2 families to reside in a single $700,000 family dwelling, while the landlord makes up to $2,500 a month profit.
This trend leads to serfdom.
...In Canada, housing is considered “affordable” if it costs less than 30% of a household’s before-tax income.
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
I imagine less single detached, more transit accessible MDU's would be the focus.
Particularly plumbing
, elevator logistics and practical layouts to convert office floors into multiple suites.
Buikdings from the '70's and '80's onwards tend to have big floorplates which makes conversion forbidding. But many of the older ones are more amenable.
Anyway, just a thought.
Sorry for the spontaneous comments, you sparked my architecture interest. Studied in school, (partially bewildered by the prospect of becoming a glorified AutoCAD tech). but a series of events led me to project management in healthcare.
Please pass robust laws to guarantee that corporations and private interests cannot buy these homes up, en masse, once they're finished.
Well done, Mr Carney.
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
https://www.cbpp.org/research/resource-lists/housing-program-cuts-under-president-trumps-budget
https://www.thestar.com/business/canada-s-largest-landlords-have-saved-billions-through-tax-exemptions-according-to-a-new-analysis/article_cf05b26b-e631-5efc-ab72-7993c39472ce.html
-allowing foreign ownership of farmland
- allowing foreign ownership of housing that sits empty
- forcing heirs to sell family land b/c of inheritance taxes
We don't need to turn into the US with their suburban sprawl.
If there isn’t a grocery store a drug store a large park a school a doctor’s office within walking distance, we’re not solving problems we’ll be creating them. We don’t need tenements in food deserts. And no where to park the car you need to get to work
agreed, so lets build where they are, and build transit to get to them
They aren’t. It’s speculative and will end up being vacation property. We need to hold municipalities accountable and to higher standards. It’s not just about housing numbers. We need homes not units
Older people in nice big older homes *want* to downsize—and families could then buy our homes—but there's no new *small* homes
https://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
This country is replete with building materials and space to build
Let's do it
Scarcity capitalism cannot be applied to a human right.
There is something about housing for vulnerable communities
Maybe it will answer your question
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
Affordability needs to be tied into the National Economy at every opportunity.
Housing. Childcare. Food Prices.
Nation Builder 🇨🇦
I'm so excited. Let's go ‼️
All 😈 PoiLIEvre does is switch up his silly three word slogans
🇨🇦❤️Vote PM Mark Carney, if you care about Canada’s sovereignty!
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Almost all development in Ontario has been on fertile lands.
I'm hoping this trend changes. We need to protect our fertile land more than ever.
Otherwise, ancient RVs and vans will be crowding the streets of every city and town. Because people exist, even without homes.
We still reminisce and talk about that adorable, manageable, cozy home.😊
https://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/
We need mixed-use, mid-rise housing with businesses on the ground floor to strengthen our economy and provide a place to live at the same time.
Suburbs are a different story. They demand much from our coffers and return little.
Municipalities are going into debt over providing utilities to suburbs.
They are perfect size and property footprint.
Two +1 bedrooms, one bathroom. No complaints.
Bought my own home which isn't any bigger.
Was really offended when PP referred to a house much
like mine as a "tiny little shack".
I think a lot of young people want to have a big house from the beginning.
I had a small semi detached house for my first one. $35,000. Minimum wage was less than $3.00/hr
Kitchener-Waterloo has had had great success with getting people off the street by building micro-homes for them.
#VoteLiberal
#BoycotUS
It kinda sucks balls right now.
Families can't compete with investors when bidding on a home.
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
I personally am tired of everything being plastic
I’ve never understood how plastics replaced refundable bottles and cans. How did that happen during our “let’s be environmentally conscious era” ??? I’ll never understand it
What makes you think we won't strike back?
Why do you expect a former ally not actively engaged in boots on the ground combat, to do something about a dictator who has hijacked his own country?
Are you against boycotting American products?
100% on Teslas is a good start. 😏
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
We have too many unhoused Canadians here, and it's too expensive.
The focus was on affordable starter homes for families, including single parent ones for war widows. They were to help give young people a start without massive debt. Good idea for today
https://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/
Want a 2-br, ONE-storey bungalow with *ground-floor laundry* on a *tiny* lot.
The Americans don’t know what they’re doing and we should stop copying them. Copy the successes of Europe instead.
Small town life depends on cars to get to services and shopping at other towns
People who live in small towns don’t want high density
We can’t force a small town to be a city
PP came and sold his campaign to Surrey and Nanaimo.
Free market would regulate it. I said the government shouldn’t build houses, it should develop policies so that the houses get built
Income brackets.
That’s what I mean by governments should make policies not build houses
Read this. Thanks.
Why shld such a for-profit sector be denied govt ?
they're also much more car-centric.
but they look good.
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
https://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
- Passive House energy performance;
- 4-6 storey multifamily point access block apartment buildings;
- rapidly constructed panelized wall/roof/floor systems. Support for plants across 🇨🇦
- slab on grade foundations;
- standardized plans…
- support for cooperative housing ownership;
- support for self-building/finishing of exterior and interiors;
- adopt: legal/insurance/approval structures to allow contractors to act as coaches for the above co-op self builds;
- rapid approvals of such standardized designs;
- 🛠️ trades training…
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
As well.
Alas, I still rent (which is fine for me), but I would really like some rent controls to freeze this market as the rates are way too high now.
It's time your government says fuck you to Trump..!
Because Trump is serious and he wants to eat Canada for breakfast..!
Your dishonesty isn't worthy of further consideration. Bye!
Estimated 1.3M homes/apartments/condos across Canada standing EMPTY in 2022 - 8%!
We do NOT need more developers. We need bloody social housing like the Dominion Housing Act/Wartime Housing Corp etc. brought back!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-double-pace-home-building-1.7497947
In my community we’re building massive towers of condos and pretending that it’s about density and walkable neighbourhoods.
They are all speculative and will be holiday rentals Not homes
Housing became stupid when interest rates bottomed out and investors couldn’t make money in the markets.
We need to fix that with policy and with gov owned housing like on some European countries
We have to stop structuring economies so
Progressives like us need to embrace abundance, a big failing of progressive cities in NA has been blocking housing.
Rent control? That’s a huge political mine field in Ontario with the current Con government.
The Carbon Tax is another example of Fed vs Prov political battles by party lines.
Municipalities can help too, though, talk to city councilors & Mayors. In Hamilton, ON, our city council changed bylaws to allow secondary units (garage conversions, M-I-L units, backyard tiny homes) here.
Will you speak on this?
Will our "peace keeping" nation actually do something to work towards peace?
https://bsky.app/profile/chapmansicecream.bsky.social/post/3llpw7aitck2u
Ontarians, stop voting Conservative. They screw us every time
So if more homes that they can afford are on the market and they get out of renting, that can adjust demand and prices.
It's all connected, and needs to be treated like it is.
BUT I want governments to start subsidized housing programs again. We need to keep focus on HOMES not investing in real estate
It was bad in BC.
We need to get back to homes not investment
We need to get big money out of the market
Asking rents are dropping here in Vancouver after a historic year of construction! Long way to go but abundance goes a long way.
https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2025/03/Mark-Carneys-Liberals-unveil-Canadas-most-ambitious-housing-plan-since-the-Second-World-War.pdf
I do hope we can change it. Developers are continually trying to snatch up homes, offer cash offers everywhere in cities on homes for sale.
Provinces are also impacting housing starts.
Why the public struggles to know this is likely a lack of information (trying to be generous here).
There are so many ways adding housing to the market helps renters.
How will this help the folks who can't afford shelter?
"oh more building, lets jack up Development Charges to maintain Peggy's artificially low municipal tax lower"
In all seriousness thats why I think residential real estate should be only for residents on the country. A source of housing instead of investment.
BC historically complaining about Ottawa not caring about the west could meet an interesting convergence.
"wait, don't solve THAT problem"
It’s built like a tank 💪
Some great ideas
A big part of social media marketing is engagement, answering questions, and offering links to more information
It doesn’t have to be under the Carney profile, but I don’t see a team engaging with the replies
I’ve kind of stepped up but it takes a team on all platforms
https://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/
It's ok, I'm never going to expect real estate speculators like the Libs to ever build public housing. I'm just really annoyed they keep using twisted language (i.e. lying) to try to convince people that they will.
-Major recruiting drive
-Free training in the trades
-Empty shopping malls, warehouses, schools etc. as training centres
-Trainees commit to work for the program for (x)years
-A career path beyond the initial commitment for those who choose
Wartime urgency, Wartime tactics.