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Canadian leaders have finally admitted that high levels of immigration combined with no changes to housing policy has destroyed their affordability. This means
by mensetmanusman 2y ago
Canadian leaders have finally admitted that high levels of immigration combined with no changes to housing policy has destroyed their affordability.
This means immigration policies must be explicitly tied to housing policy if you don’t want to screw over your poor.
- com 2y agoMaybe more important over decadal spans: You also need to align housing policy to demographic changes such as family size, length of time that children remain living with parents, relatives or carers, as well as prevalence of work from home, availability of “local” work within affordable commute range, availability of public transport. In other words, “planning for the future”. The neo-liberal project destroyed more than western industries, it bankrupted our perception that there are more than just market incentives that can build healthier, happier, more resilient and, yes, wealthier societies.