For "the majority of potential buyers who are on the sidelines, if it means $50 or even $100 less a month thanks to lower interest rates, it's still unaffordable," said Robert Hogue, assistant chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada. In the most expensive ...
We argue that YIMBYism reflects unresolved tensions in the current urban housing crisis that can be seen as connected to the ongoing dismantling of the remnants of Keynesianism and the intensification of neoliberalism and uneven urban development. We note that these shifts relate to how racism and...
Housing is widely recognized as an important social determinant of health and well-being, and First Nations communities in Canada have faced a longstanding housing crisis [[8], [9], [10], [11]]. The effects of this have been particularly pronounced on-reserves. In the past few decades, ...
Much attention is devoted to the difficulty that young people are having finding affordable housing, especially in the Greater Toronto Area and B.C.’s Lower Mainland. Individual situations are highlighted, including young people living in expensive houses with their parents, hardly an existentia...
Last year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reckoned that at this rate of population growth, we’d need to build at least 5.8 million homes in Canada over the next six years, just to restore some semblance of affordability. This isn’t going to happen. The construction industr...
Introduction: Housing shortages and poor quality housing are challenges for many of Canada's First Nations living on-reserve. Adverse housing conditions are associated with negative health consequences. Objective: The main aim of the study is to examine a seminal example of failed on-reserve housing...
Canada’s housing crisis is even more dire for the tens of thousands of people experiencing homelessness. Some people are in tent cities.Shelters are strugglingto support the demand. And supportive housing meant to get people off the streets and onto the path of opportunity areope...
Canada’s housing crisis is even more dire for the tens of thousands of people experiencing homelessness. Some people are in tent cities.Shelters are strugglingto support the demand. And supportive housing meant to get people off the streets and onto the path of opportunity are...
In case you hadn’t heard, Canada is in the midst of a housing crisis, and by golly the federal government must do something about it! At least, that’s the prevailing opinion of the liberal chattering classes, who are demanding a national strategy to increase the supply of houses, rental...
"We're in a housing crisis," said Bird. "We've been in this position for a number of years." That is leading to mental-health challenges and tensions in the community as families become increasingly desperate. Bird said people in his community have tried to make do...