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Rent control goes a long way to solving the housing crisis (canadiandimension.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] hazeydreams@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure they did say that out loud though.

[-] seestheday@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve heard them say it, but then quickly walk it back with phrases like how of course they are for affordable housing.

Note that this isn’t a liberal, conservative or even NDP or PPC thing. I haven’t heard ANY of them propose anything that would actually make housing affordable at scale.

If you’re heard any different please point me to it.

[-] hazeydreams@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I voted liberal, so I was just depressed to hear those words from the new housing minister.

No party has proposed an actual plan to bring in affordable housing though. Everyone in power is invested in realestate.

[-] seestheday@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ha, yes I heard plans that I believe would actively make it worse from the Cons and PPC, and plans that I believe will have a marginal positive impact, but won’t address the problem from the Libs and NDP. Reducing the cost of housing by 1-2% or even 5% isn’t going to make $1M house suddenly affordable.