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Urban Containment Policy and Housing Affordability

Research Paper, Housing Affordability, Wendell CoxFebruary 26, 2021

The city of Ottawa is updating its Official Plan. Under consideration are expanding the urban boundary (urban growth boundary) and strengthening of its intensification (densification)policy. These strategies are components of urban containment policy. This report examines the relationship between urban …

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2021 Edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability

Research Paper, Housing Affordability, Wendell CoxFebruary 22, 2021

How Affordable is Housing in Your City? 2021 Edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability CANADA, February 22, 2021 – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released the 2021 edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability. The survey is prepared …

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Housing Affordability in Canada 2020

Charticle, Housing Affordability, Frontier CentreJanuary 2, 2021

There has long been concern about deteriorating housing affordability in Canada. The OECD has expressed concerns about the decline of the middle-class in Canada and the substantial role of house price increases. Two of the 10 least affordable major markets …

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Cut Expensive Housing Regulations to Preserve the Middle Class

Commentary, Housing Affordability, Wendell CoxAugust 6, 2020

Last year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published research showing that the middle-class is shrinking throughout the developed world. In Under Pressure: The Squeezed Middle-Class, OECD emphasized that the threat to the middle-class is the result of costs …

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Housing Affordability In Canada 2020 Index

Video, Housing Affordability, Gerard A. LucyshynJune 20, 2020

There has long been concern about deteriorating housing affordability in Canada. The OECD has expressed concerns about the decline of the middle-class in Canada and the substantial role of house price increases. Two of the 10 least affordable major markets …

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Housing Affordability in Ottawa

Audio, Interview, Housing Affordability, Wendell CoxMay 16, 2020

Ottawa is 2900 square kilometres and the expansion, if it is approved, the expansion of the urban boundary is 1650 hectares (~16.5 square kilometres), causing great debate among the city council, we are going to focus on intensification, urban expansion, …

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A Look at Demographia’s Latest Housing Affordability Survey

Media Appearances, Housing Affordability, Wendell CoxMay 7, 2020

Hites Ahir: You recently released the 16th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2020. Tell us about the housing affordability measure used in the survey. Wendell Cox: Demographia uses the “median multiple,” which is the median house price divided by the median household …

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Standard of Living Crisis Evident in New Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey

Commentary, Housing Affordability, Wendell CoxJanuary 24, 2020

One of the principal advances of the past two centuries has been the drastic reduction in poverty and the rise of a large middle-class, a process expertly detailed by economists Diedre McClosky and Robert Gordon. At the heart of this …

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16th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey

Research Paper, Housing Affordability, Hugh Pavletich, Wendell CoxJanuary 19, 2020

How affordable is housing in your City? There has long been concern about deteriorating housing affordability in Canada. The OECD has expressed concerns about the decline of the middle-class in Canada and the substantial role of house price increases. Two …

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