Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that outlines a plan to address the national housing crisis.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that outlines a plan to address the national housing crisis.
Personally I’d like to see one of the parties come up with a plan that doesn’t just funnel money into developers’ pockets, and addresses other necessary solutions such as easing zoning restrictions (which is not the same as selling off protected forest and wetlands, Douggie), limiting or removing speculators, corporate ownership, and short term rentals that are preventing first time homebuyers from entering the market, public transit options to developing neighbourhoods to allow people who rely on it to move there, even (and this is a pipe dream) high speed rail between small towns and major cities so people could more easily spread out across the provinces without giving up jobs or doctors or their entire lives, etc.
There’s so many ways to come at this, but all I ever see is people who think throwing more money at developers will fix the problem.
The current liberal plan where they are giving money to help build houses in cities does require the city update their zoning related laws to make it easier for developers to build higher density things.
Unfortunately financial support is the main thing the feds can contribute, most of the other things fall under provincial jurisdiction, and it’s clear the provinces don’t intend on doing a thing.
Limit the number of parcels any one company can own disallow property ownership from numbered companies. No anonymous holdings.
Allow companies to own one or two parcels. They can decide if they want to build 150 unit apartment buildings to rent out or single family homes to rent out, but they only get the one or two properties to build them on.