While Vancouver can be beautiful, it has also been deemed the most unaffordable city in Canada by a Demographia International Housing Affordability report and the third-least affordable city of the 94 markets analyzed in the report.
Housing Affordability
Frontier Live on X – How To Fix Canada’s Housing Crisis – With Wendell Cox
How to Fix Canada's Housing Crisis, LIVE with Wendell Cox https://t.co/A0Iev5pyQ2— Frontier Centre (@FrontierCentre) June 13, 2024 Why do half of the people living in Vancouver want to leave? Wendell Cox will expose the startling reality of Canada’s...
The Wall of Death for Western Economies
This is an easy fix – you just have to demand it
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2024 Edition
This annual report assesses housing affordability in 94 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). The 2024 edition focuses on data from the third quarter of 2023. KEY POINTS...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Media Release – Demographia International Housing Affordability Report – 2024 Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2024 Demographia International Housing Affordability Report Highlights Global Housing WINNIPEG, June 3 2024: The latest Demographia International Housing Affordability Report has been released, providing a comprehensive assessment of housing...
Leaders on the Frontier – Home Ownership Only a Dream? – With Stephen Moore
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We Should Follow New Zealand On Housing And Free Up More Land For Growth
Attempts to contain ‘urban sprawl’ have driven land prices sky-high. It’s time to abandon densification strategies.
DON BRASH: Perhaps The Most Important Speech From The New Government So Far
Last week, Housing Minister Chris Bishop gave perhaps the most important speech by the new Government since the election. In a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, he said he wanted the ratio of house prices to median household income to more than halve to...
NZ Housing Minister Addresses Housing Affordability in Major Speech
Acknowledgements Good morning. Can I start by acknowledging Simon and the team at the Chamber. Thanks for the invitation to be here today. Introduction In October last year New Zealanders voted for change. The Coalition government was elected with a clear mandate to...
Airbnb, VRBO: Scapegoats for Failing Government Housing Policies
The tourist-oriented city of Kelowna, British Columbia, has self-destructively voted to prohibit any new short-term rentals in residences. Even the provincial government is not as draconian, giving dispensation to resort and tourist destinations. Nationally, the...
What Will Become of Cities?
Brownstone Institute
How to Kill a Country
Much of Seoul is a sea of high-rises. And not just Seoul: Busan and other cities in South Korea have lots of high rises. More than half of all South Korean households live in high rises, and well over 60 percent live in some kind of multifamily housing. South Korea...
Premier Wants to Solve Problem Caused by Regulations with More Regulations
Excessive government regulations and land use restrictions are the most documented drivers in our housing affordability crisis right now. So, why, pray tell, is Premier Wab Kinew thinking of adding more regulations to fix a problem caused by excessive regulations? It...