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If you have a surplus of workers and a deficit of housing, it would seem like a chance to re-skill the workforce into construction, wouldn't it? Instead of the

• hugocbp 3y ago
  That is what happens, at least locally and temporarily. Some of the people I know that have been laid off mid-2022 and end-2022 and still haven't found another tech job have been driving for Uber, delivering for Doordash, doing cleaning and basic construction jobs to get by. Those are completely different occupations, though, and appeal to people with probably different personalities. The Housing problem in Canada is complex and not easy to explain in short sentences, but I can basically assure you that lack of construction workers is not the main reason it exists.
• octacat 3y ago
  Reskill workforce into the bank workers ;) Constructing more means housing prices go down, which would piss off the banking sector and people who has several houses (or even at least one sometimes). It would piss off for sure people who has less than one house (i.e. already existing mortgage contracts).
• caskstrength 3y ago
  > If you have a surplus of workers and a deficit of housing, it would seem like a chance to re-skill the workforce into construction, wouldn't it? Instead of the blue-collar workers learning to code, maybe the tech workers can learn to weld? Or am I being ridiculous? I don't think that the lack of construction workers is the main reason for current crazy property prices in the western world.