Rumors abound about "slumlords," as there are landlords that fail to meet the basic needs of their renters and are driven solely by profit. But landlords can also be your average pensioner or middle-income couple, and they have their own stories to share of...
Housing Affordability
It’s in the Public Interest to Pay Attention to Landlords’ Needs
Rumors abound about "slumlords," as there are landlords that fail to meet the basic needs of their renters and are driven solely by profit. But landlords can also be your average pensioner or middle-income couple, and they have their own stories to share of bad...
Frontier Centre releases Housing Affordability and the Standard of Living in Toronto
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has today released Housing Affordability and the Standard of Living in Toronto, a new report authored by Wendell Cox, a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre. Mr Cox is an expert in land use and transportation policy and the...
Housing Affordability and the Standard of Living in Toronto
Over the past two centuries, the world has become more urban, as people have moved to the cities to better their lives. Cities exist because, as large labour markets, they facilitate a higher standard of living for residents and reduce poverty. Governments place a...
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Trust is the Foundation of Authority
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Apple’s “Security” Pitch Conveniently Protects the iOS-Android Duopoly
In October, Apple Inc. warned that draft rules from the European Union that would require the technology company to open up its mobile operating system to third-party apps would pose a security risk to its users. Expanding on comments already made by CEO Tim Cook, a...
One Trip Around Houston, And They’re Preaching To The Converted
The idea of a city without zoning might imply anarchy. Houston avoids this through protective covenants. All the home owners in a neighbourhood can band together and agree that no development can take place without the approval of the community. These covenants cover a large proportion of the city, but they don’t cover vacant land, so they don’t impede development and growth. In effect, they provide privatised zoning, but at a local level and without the interference of government and all the corruption that brings with it.
Housing Task Force Report Misses the Underlying Economics
Evaluating Saskatchewan’s 2008 Housing Affordability Task Force Report.
Ongoing Financial Studies -With George Bragues
Listen to George Braguesl speak at the Institute for Liberal Studies on the panic of 2007-2008 here.
Frontier’s first video documentary released – Your Land Is Not Your Land
FCPP’s first viideo documentary focuses on the expropriation of an 87 year old farmer’s land in rural Manitoba. Profiling a new and precedent setting threat to property rights in Canada. (16 minutes)
Social Housing Occupants Won’t Get Option To Buy
Ottawa’s social housing stock likely won’t be offered for sale to tenants who can barely pay subsidized rent, a city official says. (Tenants) can just barely afford the rent with all the subsidies we give them,” said Russell Mawby, the city’s social housing manager.
How Smart Growth Exacerbated the International Financial Crisis
Stated another way, if price-escalating smart growth policies had not been adopted in state capitals, county courthouses, and local planning commissions, the financial risk in the current crisis would be at least $4 trillion less.
Escaping the Poverty Trap
Most people, given the choice, would like to live in a neighbourhood that boasts a sense of community. The poor are no different. A stake in one’s own community and a sense of belonging are crucial to generating social capital and good relations between neighbours.
The ‘Right to Buy’
The benefits of allowing state tenants to purchase their homes are massive: reducing reliance on the state, creating civic pride and a greater sense of social inclusion, improving neighbourhood appearance and safety and providing a basis for financial security.
Smart Housing Options for Alberta
The poor suffer the most and immediately when there’s no new housing built and when public money is used for a few and not the many.