Homes Don't Just Happen
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🏠 Demystifying Canadian housing 🤝 Advocating for pragmatic solutions 🌍 Pushing for a future with dignified housing for all. A project by Wesgroup.
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From dinner tables to government offices, the Canadian housing crisis is dominating conversation.
Why can't we just build more homes? Well, it's complicated.
via
@YouTube
#homesdontjusthappen
#VanRE
#TorontoRE
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In
#Canada
, we tax new housing more than marijuana, gas exploration, and even gambling - to the extent that 30% of what a buyer pays for a new home today is often direct taxation.
No wonder we're in a
#housingcrisis
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Check out our explainer video on Canada’s broken housing system and how we can fix it:
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Great piece that underlines some of the issues making it so difficult to build the homes Canada needs - see our video for more on why
#homesdontjusthappen
One of the true insanities of new home construction in the Greater Toronto Area is that building the actual home (or apartment) is less than half the total end cost. So where is the rest of the money going?
#realestate
#realestatenews
#housing
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The Canadian housing crisis: a simple supply and demand mismatch, isn't it? Can't we just build more?
Unfortunately, homes don't just happen.
Housing starts in Canada have slipped, while our population continues to grow, creating an ever-larger gap between how many homes we
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We're taking our campaign to the streets of
#Vancouver
, to get more people talking about Canada's broken housing system and how to fix it.
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New data from
@CMHC_ca
shows housing starts in BC and Ontario are down again.
Delivering housing in cities like
#Vancouver
and
#Toronto
is harder than ever. Here's why:
#homesdontjusthappen
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Check out this interview for some more context behind our explainer video - why we chose to do it, and what we hope it might achieve.
And if you've not watched the video, it's here:
#homesdontjusthappen
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A big thanks to Ben Smith
@Avesdo
for featuring our video in his latest column for
@storeyspub
: "It is about time that we, the citizens of Canada, demand real solutions that the experts who are building homes will support — and can actually use to move the needle."
You can read
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What single measure would have the biggest impact in solving the Canadian housing crisis?
#homesdontjusthappen
#realestatecanada
Halt policy changes
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Cut development charges
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Tax land value
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Invest in new techology
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@DaveThompsonVIC
@NorthernNerdTO
Definitely not the only options! Unfortunately, only four options are allowed on a poll - we're interested to hear other suggestions too🏠
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You might have spotted us around town...
If you haven't already, check out our first explainer video on the Canadian housing crisis here:
We're about to hit 200k views 💥
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@JustinTrudeau
Canada's housing system isn't working. Check out our campaign:
#homesdontjusthappen
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@iamkennethchan
Fun fact: new housing in Vancouver and across Canada is currently taxed more than gas exploration…
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Great video from
@AndrewChangCBC
@CBC
unpacking the current situation in Canadian
#realestate
, which has seen more than 200 developments become insolvent in the past year.
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Canada's housing system is broken, and the constraints listed here by
@bankofcanada
are only part of the problem.
Check out our explainer video:
#homesdontjusthappen
#BoC
#cdnecon
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"We have built ourselves into aspects of this structural problem with issues with our planning system dating back a couple of decades" -
@altusgroup
's Peter Norman
#homesdontjusthappen
On the heels of a second consecutive quarter-point interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada, Governing Council warned that cuts alone aren’t going to be a saving grace for the country’s housing woes.
#realestate
#realestatenews
#housing
#interestrates
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@moneytalkstweet
Something drastically needs to change if we want to come anywhere close to delivering the housing we need.
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@KahlonRav
The Canadian housing system isn't working. Check out our campaign:
#homesdontjusthappen
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