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Trudeau says feds aren't primarily responsible for housing, but how responsible are they? (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by cyberpunk007 to c/[email protected]
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Experts say Ottawa is playing more of a role in housing, which is mostly a provincial and territorial responsibility, but federal involvement hasn't brought much relief amid rising home prices.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Immigration isn't driving the housing crisis, though. Real estate speculation and short-term rentals are.

Massively tax short-term rentals and non-primary-resident housing and watch the problem go away

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Immigration doesn't help. We let a million people into the country last year and only built 250k housing units.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's not driving the crisis, but it's making it a lot worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Here's another report that says it's an important factor.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/2211653