Why it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canada - eviltoast
Ricardo Tranjan: Economic costs of soaring rents are too high to ignore potential benefits of some rent control options. Find out more here.
  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    20 days ago

    Thankfully, off of Lemmy people seem to get this, and we’re all talking construction and rezoning now.

    • n2burns@lemmy.ca
      1·
      20 days ago

      I think people who think about housing critically get it, but unfortunately I don’t think most Canadians get this, either on or off Lemmy. It’s too easy to see “1.3 Million Vacant Houses” and think that’s a solution for the Housing Crisis.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
        3·
        20 days ago

        I’m not used to having less political bullshit here, but I guess it could be regional.

        At the federal level they’re mostly doing tax breaks for potential owners, and subsidies for builders.