What The “Densification” Of Canada’s Neighbourhoods Really Looks Like

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Population growth from mass immigration is leading to a corresponding mass densification of many of Canada’s neighbourhoods, as all levels of government scramble to build housing. The YIMBY (“Yes In My Back Yard”) movement – whose adherents effectively function as the shock troops of the development industry – has mobilized immense effort to persuade Canadians […]

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These Graphs Prove That Canada’s Housing Crisis Is Driven By Immigration

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Housing, housing, housing. It’s constantly in the news, and with good reason – finding a place to live has become an all-consuming worry for many Canadians. Pundits and mainstream media columnists have created a veritable cottage industry out of concocting increasingly niche solutions for the housing crisis. Everything from deploying legions of prefabricated houses to

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You May Be A Landlord Or Real Estate Speculator, And Not Even Know It!

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Newspapers in Canada have been covering the “housing crisis”, with many stories about the high cost of buying or renting a home since the pandemic. Landlords are a frequent target of these stories, particularly over issues like renovictions, high rents, and renting houses to foreign students by placing beds nearly any place one can fit

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Academics Misfire In Trying To Overcome Supposed “NIMBYism”

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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Brian Graff’s Substack: https://briangraff.substack.com/ Urban planning and housing affordability have risen near the top of domestic political issues in the last few years in both Canada and the US. There has been a corresponding rise in neoliberal YIMBYism and calls for liberalizing zoning and other regulation related

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