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Bidenomics Isn’t Working For Working People
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It hasn't had much of an effect on housing costs because it's too late. Claw back all the housing they bought up, sell it off to citizens at reasonable prices, and then you'll see an effect on housing costs.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/6/why-is-canada-banning-foreign-homebuyers
I'm not personally convinced that freeing up maybe 3% of the housing stock (large amounts of which are probably rented) would have a significant effect on the housing market. Maybe, just maybe, there's been a chronic lack of new supply for decades?
Nah, I'm sure it's just those dastardly Chinese.
Then why is this only now, only abruptly, becoming a problem?