>>the heavy discrimination towards the homeless There was heavier discrimination towards the homeless in the past, with vagrancy laws for instance. The situati

>>the heavy discrimination towards the homeless There was heavier discrimination towards the homeless in the past, with vagrancy laws for instance. The situation has gotten much worse as society has become more tolerant of homelessness/drug-use while providing far more services to those in that lifestyle. Housing costs are indeed a problem however. The largest cities in Canada, as in the US, have seen rental rates increase as a share of average income. One study looking at the US blames this on rising restrictions on land-use since the 1960s, which has prevented housing supply from expanding to the meet the growth in housing demand: https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212350/https://eml.berkeley.edu/~moretti/growth.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212350/https://eml.berke...