Supplement to Demographia International Housing Affordability: 2023
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Strengthening Property Rights Part Of The Answer To Canada’s Housing Crunch
Inadequate safeguards for property rights affecting housing affordability
Solving the Global Housing Crisis
The worldwide lack of affordable housing can only be resolved politically. The global housing crisis across the high-income world, particularly in the Anglosphere, represents perhaps the single biggest challenge to the future of the middle class. From the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Do last week’s housing announcements diminish your property rights?
A long-standing mate stopped me in the street last week. He asked me if I was livid about property rights. I was bemused, I had to ask him what he had in mind. What he had in mind was the joint National and Labour Parties’ statement on housing. People will be able to...
A Conversation with Wendell Cox on Urban Containment Policy and Housing Affordability
Most communities in Canada are experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Indeed, housing affordability is now identified in numerous opinion polls as one of the top issues for Canadians. What do we mean by housing affordability? What are the root causes of...
Thinkers’ Corner – Tackling Canada’s Housing Affordability Crisis
A conversation with Wendell Cox, author of the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey Our Topic: Most communities in Canada are experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Indeed, housing affordability is now identified in numerous opinion...
Housing Bubble Stems from Exorbitant Deficits: Feds Need to Attract Investment, Not Debt
The macro effects of government stimuli to address COVID-19 lockdowns are starting to emerge. In Canada, they have taken the form of an overheating housing market. With mortgage rates plunging to historic lows, the demand for residential real estate is driving prices...
Providing Reserve Residents with Access to Market Housing Options
Indigenous housing—especially in remote and northern locations—represents one of the intractable problems facing First Nation communities. The high cost of housing in these locations and the never-ending cycle of backlogs plague reserve communities across Canada....
Urban Containment Policy and Housing Affordability
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...
2021 Edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability
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...
Cut Expensive Housing Regulations to Preserve the Middle Class
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...
Housing Affordability in Canada 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 are in...