You can build as many houses as you want but until you restrict investment firms and landlords buying all of them you won’t put a dent in the problem.
Then you should talk to your provincial government as the federal one has no power over that.
They couldn’t implement a tax to help make it less lucrative? I honestly don’t know, but it does seem like something they could do.
Taxes are an issue for people that aren’t already rich enough to not care and the people actually hoarding residences and leaving them empty are in that category.
It seems like a lot of people have a very hard time understanding the governments division of powers and I think it’s a very big problem because it gives the provinces a free pass for many things as people blame the federal government without realising that they don’t have the means to solve these issues…
Cities aren’t even political entities from a constitutional perspective, they’re fully dependent of the provincial governments and are called their pets, so guess who could force them to increase density? Not Trudeau!
It’s it wasn’t lucrative, they wouldn’t build them. Unfortunately.
Edit: that’s why we need social housing programs where social housing is built by the government.
I really wish those politicians would address the issue of unoccupied housing as well. I feel like saying that the solution is to build more housing is to play in the pockets of investors while pushing for less unoccupied residencies is going against it and why I believe it is not talked as much on the political front.
That’s a provincial issue, not a federal one
It’s exciting to see that the government could cut up to a year of development time with these blueprints. I’m curious what they’ll come up with that reflects the best of what modern BIM, digital twin, offsite manufacturing, CLT, and modular construction technologies can do.
Hopefully there will be a variety of to choose from for different kinds of environments and tastes. Personally I’d like to see some 6 storey apartments complexes, designed to accommodate car free lifestyles.
Me too. I was under the impression, though, that a minimum amount of space for parking is a requirement of all residentially zoned land, regardless of intended use. Zoning laws might need changing if I’m remembering that right.
This is still only one piece of the puzzle though. To restore affordability it would make sense to prioritize building and converting more existing stock to non-market housing so there’s competitive pressure on the remaining/existing landlords to keep rent low.
Vienna has done a wonderful job to show the world what’s possible after a century of continuous improvements with non market housing.
Truly feels like a “we’ve tried nothing, and we’re out of ideas!” situation, it’s almost comical.
It seems like these are blueprints for single family homes, so we’ll be stuck with car-based city designs that aren’t helping us solve the housing crisis in the first place…
So are the demographics (on a statistical level) finally in favor of this?
Edit: I don’t get how they ever weren’t? Actual house/property deed holders are a minority of the population, can someone please dispute this (without citing the bullshit hatchet-job StatsCanada bs that a majority of Canadians are property owners regardless of their mortgage/deed-holding status --> kids who are getting kicked out at 18 are hOmEoWnErS o_O 🙄)
Seems like a pretty good plan, hope the new designs are energy efficient!
It’s not a supply issue — there’s enough empty homes in Canada right now to house every single person in this country.
Sauce?
Even if true, if they are not in the city where your job is then it does you no good.
