Who is to blame for the housing crisis? Canadians split in poll
Despite what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said recently, a new poll suggests 40 per cent of Canadians think his government is to blame for the country’s housing crisis.
Leger surveyed 1,537 people between Aug. 18 and 20, asking a series of questions about the rising cost of housing and what should be done about it.
I don’t know where they get “Split” from.
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The summer is almost over, and with it, the massive retreat of urban visitors from the rural areas that are Canada’s summer playgrounds. I see them from June until now on the Trans-Canada Highway nearby, the Ontario licence plates speeding east to Atlantic Canada, or returning back. They may be tourists who decided to pass on Maine or Massachusetts this year, or they are folks from “down home” visiting family and friends before returning “upalong.”
This is self evident in light of the housing crisis Trudeau’s liberal party created and its “effort” to solve it.
The Liberals will not back down on their mass immigration scam which according to their top thinkers will make everyone richer by making everyone poorer.
They know mass immigration will continue to drive up the cost of rent and home ownership.
They also know that no magic wand exists to create new housing and it will be many years before supply meets demand.
The increase in costs is naturally higher in urban centres that attract the most immigrants.
Unfortunately demand is so great the increase in housing costs has spread far beyond urban borders and now small towns feel the same pressures city dwellers do.
However the large urban centres like The GTA and Montreal also happen to be Liberal Party strongholds.
Strongholds they’ll need in order to form yet another minority government with Sell-Out Singh.
Do you think the Liberals are going to trash the Home Equity their most consistent supporters have accrued?
Me neither.
Trudeau’s cronies know their cue: Toronto-area home building shifts into low gear as developers pause or cancel projects
A local council meeting in an affluent San Francisco neighborhood descended into chaos when hundreds of ‘rowdy’ residents began booing plans to place homeless people in a nearby hotel.
Crowds of angry Millbrae residents packed out their local community hall on Friday to protest ‘Project Homekey’ proposals to house 100 rough sleepers at the La Quinta hotel on El Camino Real, close to the city center.
So many people turned up that hundreds had to stand outside the 300-man capacity hall to hear proposals outlined by San Mateo County Executive Mike Callagy.
Ottawa considering a cap on international students to ease housing pressure, says Fraser
Canada hosted more than 800,000 international students last year, according to the government’s figures.
“When you see some of these institutions that have five, six times as many students enrolled as they have spaces for them in the building … you’ve got to start to ask yourself some pretty tough questions,” he said.
This “moment of clarity” likely came about because the Globe mentioned publicly that they will shortly be publishing an expose on the abuse of the foreign students program and the Liberals are using the CBC to get ahead of the story.
Don’t forget the LPC have allowed their corporate cronies to import wage slaves on a whim.
Of course it is Junior – Trudeau Says Immigration a ‘Solution’ to Housing Shortage
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a new mission for his cabinet at a three-day retreat in Charlottetown this week, in a bid to restore Canadians’ sense of economic security and their confidence in his government.
It is a very different cabinet from the one that last sat in the House of Commons, following a major shuffle in July. Seven of the 38 ministers were replaced entirely and 19 were given new files.
You can’t fix a big problem with a small solution. And yet Canada’s major cities are aiming to do just that.
Toronto changed its planning rules in May to allow new multiplexes – small buildings of up to four apartments. Vancouver is now considering a similar measure. These changes are much too modest. These cities are delivering gentle density when they need to go big.
When I think large scale social housing projects I think Jane-Finch. Why not just shut the immigration door? We have enough problems now why invite more?
OTTAWA – Canada’s national housing agency has warned that millions of homes must be built within less than a decade to balance the housing market, but even it seems doubtful that its own target is achievable.
The current pace of housing starts is not just lagging.
It’s headed in the wrong direction.
Last year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said 5.8 million homes would need to be built by 2030 to restore housing affordability for Canadians. The current pace of building only puts the country on track to construct 2.3 millions homes by then.
Portland’s first sanctioned homeless ‘park’ is less than 20 percent full a month after opening as shocking new images show drug abuse and illegal campsites continue to plague its streets.
Oregon’s largest city is in the midst of a devastating humanitarian crisis, with its homeless population up almost 50 percent since 2019 to more than 5,000.
The uber-woke local government is pinning its hopes of reversing the trend on a raft of costly new shelters.
OTTAWA – Housing experts say the government’s current unfilled promises on housing won’t substantially cut the price of keeping a roof over Canadians’ heads and they will need new ideas to get the crisis under control.
Would you pay $2,000 to live in a 200-square-foot unit in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside?
That’s the offer that was briefly advertised in a slick TikTok video for a unit in the Lotus Hotel at Abbott and Pender streets, and swiftly drew online backlash.
“Morning, it’s police! Collect all your stuff!”
At 7.30am on a recent Friday, two policemen shouted commands into tents along a downtown sidewalk in downtown San Diego. One barefoot man startled awake and remarked that someone had stolen his shoes. Next to him, Moses Miramontes, 47, was frantically tying up his tent and belongings.
… Or consider a prospective lower-income renter in Toronto. Scanning the offerings turns up one that might once have served such a person. It has a good location but is in a basement, measures just 450 square feet and, at least according to the photos in the listing, admits natural light only through the door. It costs $1,900 per month.
Would anyone argue that if the unit cost $1,520 instead that would make it affordable? To cover even that lower price without exceeding the recommended 30 per cent of pretax income on housing would require the renter to earn about $61,000.
With the Australian government hiring a consultant for advice on dealing with consultants, Momus, the Greek god of satire, retreats helplessly from the stage. Which is too bad since we could use a satirical hand, or mouth, when told Canada’s minister of immigration says we must bring in an endless stream of immigrants to build houses for the endless stream of immigrants we’re bringing in to build … um … hang on a second.
As pressure mounts on the federal government to take a more active role in filling the housing supply gap, the minister in charge of the portfolio is exploring new — and potentially old — approaches to getting homes built.
The need to build more homes to accommodate Canada’s growing population has put the federal Liberal government on the defensive in recent weeks, as opposition leader Pierre Poilievre criticizes Justin Trudeau’s government on concerns over unaffordable housing.
It’s never wise to trust government doubly so when it’s the Trudeau government.
The alarm bells are becoming bull horns: Canada’s housing supply isn’t keeping up with the rapid rate of population growth.
Academics, commercial banks and policy thinkers have all been warning the federal government that the pace of population growth, facilitated by immigration, is making the housing crisis worse.
“The primary cause for (the) housing affordability challenge in Canada is our inability to build more housing that is in line with the increase in population,” said Murtaza Haider, a professor of data science and real estate management at Toronto Metropolitan University.
