Experts say Ottawa’s role in housing sector has grown (Richard Raycraft · CBC News)

  • EhForumUser@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    There is also the option of simply making housing something people don’t want to own again. It worked for most of human history. Turn our cities back to how they looked 50-60 years ago and you’ll scare the people away from owning homes pretty quickly. That is easily within the hands of municipal/provincial governments.

    • Dearche@lemmy.ca
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      Can you explain? From what I know, the reason why housing wasn’t a big issue 60 years ago was because they actually made enough homes so prices were low and pretty much anybody could afford one with 3-5 years’ wages.