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Resolving Canada’s housing shortage requires a whole-of-government approach

  • Housing supply should be factored into all economic, regulatory, and monetary policy decisions.
Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | February 7, 2024
Housing Minister Sean Fraser, left, at a press conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. There is a very strong economic case for changing Canada’s restrictive mortgage rules in order to spur new supply immediately, writes Kevin Lee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Resolving Canada’s housing shortage requires a whole-of-government approach

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | February 7, 2024
  • Housing supply should be factored into all economic, regulatory, and monetary policy decisions.

Resolving Canada’s housing shortage requires a whole-of-government approach

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | February 7, 2024
  • Housing supply should be factored into all economic, regulatory, and monetary policy decisions.
Housing Minister Sean Fraser, left, at a press conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. There is a very strong economic case for changing Canada’s restrictive mortgage rules in order to spur new supply immediately, writes Kevin Lee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time for concrete action to unlock homeownership for Canadians

  • There are policy moves the federal government could make today to bring a more holistic approach to housing affordability and improve the outlook for
Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | May 10, 2023
To build more houses, we need more people, so the government needs to help to ensure we have the labour force needed to increase housing supply, writes Kevin Lee. Unsplash photograph by Josh Olalde

Time for concrete action to unlock homeownership for Canadians

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | May 10, 2023
  • There are policy moves the federal government could make today to bring a more holistic approach to housing affordability and improve the outlook for

Time for concrete action to unlock homeownership for Canadians

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | May 10, 2023
  • There are policy moves the federal government could make today to bring a more holistic approach to housing affordability and improve the outlook for
To build more houses, we need more people, so the government needs to help to ensure we have the labour force needed to increase housing supply, writes Kevin Lee. Unsplash photograph by Josh Olalde

How Ottawa can unlock the door to home ownership

  • Owning a home is part of being middle class. This fundamental belief has been shared by Canadians from coast to coast, for generations. Until
Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | February 25, 2019
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to release the pre-election budget March 19. He's facing calls to address the issue of affordable housing, particularly for millennials, who advocates argue have been locked out of the housing market. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How Ottawa can unlock the door to home ownership

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | February 25, 2019
  • Owning a home is part of being middle class. This fundamental belief has been shared by Canadians from coast to coast, for generations. Until

How Ottawa can unlock the door to home ownership

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | February 25, 2019
  • Owning a home is part of being middle class. This fundamental belief has been shared by Canadians from coast to coast, for generations. Until
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to release the pre-election budget March 19. He's facing calls to address the issue of affordable housing, particularly for millennials, who advocates argue have been locked out of the housing market. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadians see a home ownership crisis that governments aren’t addressing

  • Home prices have been rising for nearly two decades, far outpacing average income growth. The result is a growing anxiety among younger Canadians about
Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | May 30, 2018
In Toronto and Vancouver, more than half of respondents to a recent survey done for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association cite declining home affordability and ownership as top concerns. Adrian Farcas photograph courtesy of Flickr

Canadians see a home ownership crisis that governments aren’t addressing

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | May 30, 2018
  • Home prices have been rising for nearly two decades, far outpacing average income growth. The result is a growing anxiety among younger Canadians about

Canadians see a home ownership crisis that governments aren’t addressing

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | May 30, 2018
  • Home prices have been rising for nearly two decades, far outpacing average income growth. The result is a growing anxiety among younger Canadians about
In Toronto and Vancouver, more than half of respondents to a recent survey done for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association cite declining home affordability and ownership as top concerns. Adrian Farcas photograph courtesy of Flickr

How to tackle both housing affordability and poverty reduction

  • Housing has emerged as a major area of public policy concern in Canada, and not surprisingly, given the daily features by news organizations about
Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | March 8, 2017
Jean-Yves Duclos, minister of families, children, and social development, has been leading the charge on federal strategies for both housing and poverty reduction. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

How to tackle both housing affordability and poverty reduction

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | March 8, 2017
  • Housing has emerged as a major area of public policy concern in Canada, and not surprisingly, given the daily features by news organizations about

How to tackle both housing affordability and poverty reduction

Opinion | BY KEVIN LEE | March 8, 2017
  • Housing has emerged as a major area of public policy concern in Canada, and not surprisingly, given the daily features by news organizations about
Jean-Yves Duclos, minister of families, children, and social development, has been leading the charge on federal strategies for both housing and poverty reduction. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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