housing supply

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Homeownership critical to solving Indigenous housing crisis

Homeowners generally have a stronger incentive to maintain their residence than renters.


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Vancouver’s new zoning proposals—a good start, but not nearly enough

Zoning rules have frustrated the city’s goal of increasing housing supply.


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Federal government’s impulse to block housing out of sync with priorities of Canadians

The severe lack of housing options is hurting the prospects of many young Canadians.


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Canadian cities are getting denser—but mostly in handful of neighbourhoods

From 2016 to 2021, more than one-quarter of city neighbourhoods lost more housing units than they added.


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Canadians want more houses—but they aren’t getting built

In Canada, "ground-oriented” housing is 31 per cent more expensive than before the pandemic.


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Reality check—foreign buyers aren’t buying up B.C.’s housing stock

Non-resident investors owned only 2.5 per cent of all houses in the province.


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Alberta’s continued success depends on maintaining its housing advantage

Calgary's rental vacancy rate for purpose-built rental units fell from 5.1 per cent to 2.7 per cent.


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Insufficient supply relative to demand means fewer homes available to renters and buyers alike.